Class numbers on Green post Teal.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Noselacri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fucking dogshit without evade. Only like 10% of groups have a hybrid tank, and backstab aggro means warriors have no chance whatsoever of holding aggro. Even paladins have to work hard at times because FoL is the worst of the snap-aggro spells. Backstab aggro is huge and there's just nothing you can really do about it until evade is implemented. Keeping every mob rooted 100% of the time is total aids and people don't do it.

Just needs a courtesy root from one of hte many casters around, even the cleric benefits if you can talk them into it.

[pink grapefruit]

Originally Posted by Noselacri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fucking dogshit without evade. Only like 10% of groups have a hybrid tank, and backstab aggro means warriors have no chance whatsoever of holding aggro. Even paladins have to work hard at times because FoL is the worst of the snap-aggro spells. Backstab aggro is huge and there's just nothing you can really do about it until evade is implemented. Keeping every mob rooted 100% of the time is total aids and people don't do it.

Can confirm lol.

Rogue without evade is true classic hardmode.

[Pilgrimzero]

And you don’t even get backstab until 10. Until then you’re a half-baked Warrior.

[ScottyC33]

And to top off the shit sandwich, they have pretty much the most boring playstyle in the game.

[Purplefluffy]

Originally Posted by Noselacri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's fucking dogshit without evade. Only like 10% of groups have a hybrid tank, and backstab aggro means warriors have no chance whatsoever of holding aggro. Even paladins have to work hard at times because FoL is the worst of the snap-aggro spells. Backstab aggro is huge and there's just nothing you can really do about it until evade is implemented. Keeping every mob rooted 100% of the time is total aids and people don't do it.

This is not true. A Rogue can manage aggro and even at lvl 13 hide and disengaging still works.

[Isomorphic]

Originally Posted by WaffleztheAndal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You see the guy offering 300 plat for coercion (29 Mage pet words) in the Green/Teal trade forum?

Fucking madness lol

300 is dirt cheap

[kaluppo]

I found it amazing that on off hours there was over 1100 people on green (this was at about 3 pm cst today when I logged into teal. But your numbers show me exactly why I left green and went to teal. Look at that druid, Shaman, cleric population. Three of the highest numbers on your list.

Too many healers trying to get the same group spots while too few tanks to tank for said groups. But that's classic for you. Nobody wants to be SK or pally cause of XP penalty and only so many people want to roll a warrior.

[opticalshadow]

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.

[Bazia]

i dropped my rogue at 12 because there was no tanks leveled past 10 at the time and i was chasing snared shit in every group

ill pick it back up in another week or two

[Calyps0]

I've been stuck at level 8 with my rogue trying to get a group in BB. Either groups are full of they are soloing in the upper level. The stuff just outside cons mostly green. It takes way too long trying to pick single targets and then I spend most time recovering my hp. I decided to create an alt that can at least solo and am sure will surpass my rogue. I know we're a long way to Kunark, but damn this is testing my patience with little time I have to play per day.