tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post7961607029560032653..comments2024-03-18T19:38:53.390-04:00Comments on Parallel Context: Don't Wait! If You Act Now, We'll Add This Free Gear!!Redbeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-24843368437255324612020-02-12T09:35:34.526-05:002020-02-12T09:35:34.526-05:00Rogues like Az, who run Subtlety, are kind of few ...Rogues like Az, who run Subtlety, are kind of few and far between. I rarely run into another Rogue who is running something other than Combat, but I'm also stuck at L55 which is the "slaughtering zone" for AV. (Well, anything less than L58 means that you're a lot easier to find and pick off by the enemy in a BG that goes from L51/52 - L60.)<br /><br />And yes, S&D is the biggest bang for the buck out there, even for specs that don't use the Improved Slice and Dice. But me, I can't give up Improved Sap for the world. I use it religiously in difficult pulls in instances, even with the 90% success rate being lower than I like, but I've found the utility so important that I can't see respeccing out of Subtlety for raiding purposes.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-41664507874761968562020-02-12T08:21:03.778-05:002020-02-12T08:21:03.778-05:00Rogues are the #1 single target dps class in class...Rogues are the #1 single target dps class in classic as long as it's specced for it, generally, into BWL, and then trading back and forth with warriors through AQ40. Mages will overtake us both come Naxx.) I've been playing a rogue and we are top in MC unless our really well geared (Obsidian Edged Blade-using arms or dual Deathbringer-wielding fury) warriors have lots of execute space. The vast majority of rogue raid dps is white damage, so the most important thing is to keep slice and dice up and then find ways to weave in as many eviscerates as you can without dropping S&D.<br /><br />Of course this all means I am not pvp specced and get destroyed there. PVP spec gives you better stealth (the difference between "heh, I see you 10 feet away lul" and "where did YOU come from?!?"), attendant move speed in stealth and something much closer to stunlock. On top of that, the hemo build requires daggers and I made the mistake of going swords in pve. <br /><br />The biggest issues I am having at the moment is respec cost and the grind. I want to pvp, both for (limited) gear and for enjoyment, but that creates such perverse incentives. So few people run dungeons now, what with most everyone on my server at 60 and few people playing alts, that the gold from running a dungeon is more or less closed off, while the crafting meta is pretty much "solved", so the only way to make money is to whore yourself out for tips (lock boxes, mage portals, lock stones), and I think this addresses a bit of your post, farming mats for professions, or making some gold from consumables. Now I am looking at 50g respecs and spending more time farming than raiding or pvping. While they screwed a lot of things up with future changes, arguably Cataclysm being the start of the unfixable ones, a lot of the QoL changes like spec viability and dual spec were better than any drawbacks they brought in.mattHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-22586677222216181142020-02-12T07:20:50.157-05:002020-02-12T07:20:50.157-05:00You know, you're being kind of polite saying t...You know, you're being kind of polite saying that the top damage dealers are Warriors and Rogues. Sure, Rogues might be #2, but when you look at the numbers it's more like Warrior - Warrior - Rogue - Warrior - Warrior. Rogue might be #2, but obviously only the very best Rogues out there --likely running Combat spec-- are at the top. It's a LOT easier to be a top DPS as a Warrior.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-7474959966931256822020-02-12T03:32:35.954-05:002020-02-12T03:32:35.954-05:00Yeah, but we were talking raids here. In Classic r...Yeah, but we were talking raids here. In Classic raids utility is needed a lot less or at least not in large numbers. Might as well get one utility guy and fill the rest of the group with dps. :D You can see <a href="https://classic.warcraftlogs.com/zone/rankings/1000#metric=dps&class=DPS" rel="nofollow">here</a> that all the top damage dealers in MC are warriors and rogues.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-7478108705370025282020-02-11T14:36:40.045-05:002020-02-11T14:36:40.045-05:00Well, "top DPS classes" is kind of decei...Well, "top DPS classes" is kind of deceiving. Beyond the burst damage a Rogue has, their best utility is kind of limited depending on the enemy they're fighting. When you're in an instance with a heavy non-humanoid presence, such as Uldum and Strat Undead side, the ability of a Rogue to interrupt or lay down a DoT is kind of limited. Rogues are pretty much built for PvP from the ground up.<br /><br />As for the BWL item, I was wondering. I saw some data about a month ago that Rogues were the least popular class on Myzrael, so if there's a sudden premium placed on Rogues, that's actually kind of funny.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287859335174901821.post-54941417255753419222020-02-10T01:42:00.901-05:002020-02-10T01:42:00.901-05:00I think rogues are one of the top dps classes in C...I think rogues are one of the top dps classes in Classic raids, but I'm guessing mainly that guild will be looking because of the upcoming BWL launch and needing rogues to disarm the Suppression Room...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.com