@OP
People are spinning you a bunch of yarns.
Rogues are the best dps over time on this server, with the exception of enchanter charmed pets (which can be fairly dangerous). Whatever twat said monks out dps rogues is invited to run a parser with me any fucking time.
Get a non-proc'ing weapon combination, and you should be able to stab every time it refreshes, assuming that you evade EVERY time it refreshes.
Make a barbarian, dump into stamina. STR is easy to get to 188 (+67 from shm buff = 255 cap), and sta is the only other stat you need to worry about. Spec your gear to str 188 and then the rest to hps. Don't make some other race unless you're an RP fag (like me, who made a dwarf for nostalgia). Slam alone is worth having to look like a barbarian instead of that "leet" half elf, or whatever your gay roommate says you should play - not to mention the amazing starting stats. Dwarves are a close second or even superior with stats but do not have slam. These should really be the only races you choose from.
Pick up a gloom poon. Max damage stat in mainhand is #1 priority. Offhand is pure ratio. Don't let anyone tell you different. If you can get someone to kill phinny for you, the TotSS is a nice mainhand till you can nab an eyerazzia or even better a crystalline spear. Other than TotSS, don't ever use a proc weapon, they are not worth it. If you DO obtain the trident, watch your aggro more.
I've never used find/disarm traps. Disarm is broken. Pick locks is only currently useful for najena and befallen I think? So it's really not useful. However, you will be very thankful you skilled it up now when kunark comes out.
Poisons are working as they did during the classic era of live. That is to say they are a fun but fairly useless toy in PvE. PvP is another story, and a lot of the debuff poisons can be extremely useful. They function as a one-off weapon proc. You apply, it procs (with a chance to fail) on the very first hit, and is gone.
Don't evade using a macro, do it manually. It's faster and never fucks up. You don't need to sneak in order to evade.
Uhh.. Yeah. Rogues are not gimped at all. They are fairly "as intended" on this server, and if you enjoy the melee glass cannon playstyle, you will be well rewarded.
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