Green rogues: how is it?

[Icannotpost]

Is the consensus monk > rogue for classic damage output?

[Psyborg]

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

Is the consensus monk > rogue for classic damage output?

Early on? Yes.
By the end? No.

The gap widens more after Kunark.

[Icannotpost]

Yikes. So at least ~1.6 years until Rogues start to do better than monks. I see why there are so few rogues.

[Psyborg]

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

Yikes. So at least ~1.6 years until Rogues start to do better than monks. I see why there are so few rogues.

When Rogues start hitting 50 they will do more damage than monks assuming the Rogue has a tank and can backstab and you're comparing it to a similarly geared Monk. The gap widens more and more with equivalent gear ups. We're talking months, not 1.6 years. That is what I meant when I said "by the end."

[Icannotpost]

Ah okay, so for melee it goes Rogue>Monk>War by the time some gear starts happening. Not necessarily by the time Kunark or Velious hits?

I appreciate the feedback.

edit: I assume the difference between all of them is only 20% or so anyways. I'm a melee noob.

[Lamil]

That also assumes a warrior with a crappy weapon is holding aggro so you can BS. The druids snaring on inc makes it entertaining for the warrior to try to get aggro. All in all I'm really enjoying the lack of tactics in some groups. Keeps me from falling asleep

[Benanov]

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

3. i was backstabbing for 36 DMG @ Level 10

Consistently? So not classic. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The whole thing about rogue's backstab doing at least minimum of the rogue's level was put in much later, near when Kunark was released. So many shitty backstabs for single digits...

[Bazia]

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

Consistently? So not classic. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The whole thing about rogue's backstab doing at least minimum of the rogue's level was put in much later, near when Kunark was released. So many shitty backstabs for single digits...

I don't understand what you're saying here and my rogue is a BAR with 144 STR and was consistently hitting for 30s

[Icannotpost]

And you’re quitting the rogue, Bazia? I’d enjoy 30 dmg bs.

[Vexenu]

Remember that every 50 Monk on the server will be using 14/30 fists.

In contrast Rogues will be fighting for a 13/30 spear that drops off Vox or a 10/22 off Inny. Most 50 Rogues will be lucky to have a 10/24 from PoF trash. The rest will be using 7/20 Burning Rapiers or 6/23 Dragoon Dirks.

Ragebringer was basically a mea culpa for how badly Rogues got itemized in classic.