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Originally Posted by dusk883
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Played all classes. Never even rolled a Rogue before...
Questions:
1- Can you sneak around without being attacked in say BlackBurrow everywhere at level 10 if you wanted to?
2- After the initial backstab, if you're soloing you can still backstab? Have to somehow get behind the npc cone?
3- When is Sneak effective? Can a level 20 sneak around in a 40 dungeon?
4- Is the "fun" of being a rogue to Sneak and Backstab? Surely there's more?
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1. They made sneak significantly better at one point. Pretty sure it's been changed and is equiv to invis and invis to undead. I recall even being able to sneak past some mobs that invis didn't work on (Kobolds in Sol B, etc). Basically it's great. Sneak also allows you indiff faction so you can sell to vendors who normally wouldn't deal with you. It also scales up as you level so by 60 it's normal run speed (but walk speed for most your life).
2. You can pretty much assume backstab on the first hit (if it doesn't miss) and casting mobs half the time if you're really quick. After that it just counts as a normal strike so solo rogues (lol) mash the Hell out of it. Then they pray and watch both health bars.
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3. Depends on the mobs but typically yea. Not uncommon for lowbies to sneak through guk and get the Mask of Deception.
4. They are "fun" in the same way that it's "nice" to have a good attorney or accountant. Extremely beneficial to a team and the bottom line but quite single-purpose.
Doing a ton of damage with spurt triple digit numbers is a blast. Easy aggro-dump (no cast time) is great. Hide/Sneak really is easy mode for many things in life. The various illusion masks are fun. The epic is easy to attain when released and frickin unbelievable. The stats and haste in one slot makes the epic very difficult to off-hand which means 95% of rogues will be total badasses once implemented. My SK epic was a nice sword but 5 times harder and more rare; my rogue epic was a game-changer.
Summary: The great thing about a rogue is you're a great addition to any guild or grind group. As DPS if you are getting outdone it's due to extreme gaps in equipment. You can get to almost any group and some raids by sneaking through a zone. Getting your corpse back is also easy. Generally you look wicked and have an aura of mystery.
The bad thing is you're basically a single purpose tool of destruction. The world's best wood chisel. Just don't expect it to come in handy for much else.