Monks and Rogues - wanted or not?

[username17]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So the difference between a good rogue and a bad rogue is one who can manage the push and not eat enrages... #HowDidIPlayThisSh!tForSoLong

I will concede that EQ seems to attract worse players than any other MMO I have ever played...

I never said good. I said non-lazy. Or in another word non-bad. I never qualified what good was.

[azeth]

good rogues wear good resist gear and get FULL buffed EVERY time

[Kodim]

A good rogue groups with a cleric/druid/shaman for aoe heals. A lazy rogue stands in the cleric corner asking for a heal.

[Pokesan]

don't make a rogue unless you're going guildless or gonna join a sleepers farming guild. all other gear upgrades are very very pointless.

[Raavak]

Bad rogues are ones that are AFK during the engage, or don't turn off attack if the mob flips especially during enrage. Bad rogues aren't helping with CR's, or scouting when needed.

Basically bad rogues show up to collect DKP and lewt.

[Swish]

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

Bad rogues are ones that are AFK during the engage, or don't turn off attack if the mob flips especially during enrage. Bad rogues aren't helping with CR's, or scouting when needed.

Basically bad rogues show up to collect DKP and lewt.

I fondly remember a rogue on a Hate raid who didn't get grouped, pressed hide and thought he'd be good to afk for over an hour as we cleared the entrance. DKP per hour was added by the bot regardless of participation obviously so what could go wrong? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Most of us had see invis one way or another and yeah, that was addressed. Persistent afkers (actually just lazy/leeching, not family/kids related) on raids are the worst.

[Swish]

Can't beat classicly bad pathing for causing trains and deaths on a given XP session, great thing about a rogue is either hitting hide if not on an aggro list or at least being at the back of the hate list and being able to get out of there <3

[Dezik]

I have a 55 iksar epic monk and 56 epic rogue. I have been itching to return to p99 on one but can’t decide. The monk seems more powerful solo certainly, but the rogue seems more chill and more desired in raids. I also have some moderate gear such as fungi and FBSS. Anyone have any recommendation?

[fastboy21]

On any classic eq raid there are about 4 to 8 people actually playing in a critically important task...the rest of you are just zombie dps who show up with a pulse and know how to hit auto attack and/or other very simple directions.

Monks frequently find themselves in the 4-8 I described above. Rogues, hardly ever.

[Rivera]

Haven't read through the thread so many people probably have already said this but;

Nothing is needed on blue anymore.

Monks are not needed or wanted in the raid scene anymore. Period. Most monks that are already there SHOULD be Rogue because all they do and know how to do is DPS.

Rogues are always wanted high end. But the class sucks up until that point, imo.