As a now 12 rogue, i can say a few reasons why id guess people dont play them much.
-Low income potential, hard to deal with.
-Until lvl 10, were not even a real class, we dont contribute anything to a group more then anyone else in melee, which is incredibly boring and not easy to get a group as.
-Tanks have a real hard time holding aggro, SK has so far been my best luck on that, or casters who over cast
-cant really solo early, hard to get groups who basically want you as a liability, which means until 10, its a real boring life.
I like my rogue, but ive also accepted atleast so far in my career im a really bad offtank at time. Hide/Sneak/Disengage works. . . sometimes. Its better then nothing, but it takes the tank a good while to earn enough aggro before i can jump back in. sub 20, i honestly dont think many people care about our DPS. Getting another necro/mage in the group is just generally safer. I imagine after pet problems catch up with them, ill be far more desired.
SK is my second class, the only reason im not maining it is because since basically the launch of EQ, i have almost exclusively played DE SK's and wanted to try something new. Tanks are a problem. Warriors cant hope to hold my BS aggro, it hasnt been a huge issue so far, hunting orcs which are not the most threatening thing. But i do worry about some of the future content.
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