Am I crazy for wanting to play a rogue on green?

[Verityn]

First off, forgive me for this post. Even I'm annoyed with myself at how much thought I'm putting into this.

I just want to make sure I'm thinking clearly here. I've always wanted to play a rogue and I think starting on a fresh new server with lots of similar level players will allow me to do it.

Here are some reasons that I'm thinking supports my choice.

I don't like to solo. Even when I played a druid to 50 back in the day I spent most of the time in full groups. At 45 I had a hard time getting groups so I soloed guards to 50 and that was the most boring experience I've had in this game.

I love dungeons and I love the idea of sneaking through them. I could see myself helping a lot of people with corpse recovery during my down time or even my own corpses. I've certainly lost gear because I couldn't get my corpse back in time.

Even though I like grouping in dungeons and a cleric is my second choice I still kind of don't want to play a healer or a tank. I've been playing healers in mmos for years. It can be nerve wracking to me and I start to feel jealousy towards the DPS classes who don't have as much pressure on them.

I don't want to play a ranger, bard or monk for various reasons. The exp penalties, I don't want to pull all the time and bards are just too busy.

Finally, I think I'm okay with the lower damage. I always found that unless the casters are on the ball with never letting their mana get full and never wasting mana by over damaging then the rogue over time out damages them because they have easily sustainable damage like a dot.

Also, am I being even crazier for wanting to play a gnome rogue for the tinkering and being tiny? I figured I'd dump 25 pts into strength to help the damage a bit pre-50. My alternative is human for the looks and even they aren't exactly optimal. My goal is have a nice experience getting to 50 and not necessarily being optimal at 50.