Posted by pixiestixy on Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 35 Comments
Tags: ambush, backstab, close quarters combat, daggers, disappear, distract, forums, fun, mutilate, northrend, patch 3.1.1, pick pocket, Rogue, sap, spec, stealth, swords
 Now you see me… |
When I first rolled Locomomo, going rogue was an easy choice. I thought the idea of having stealth right from level 1 was absolutely brilliant. I loved it, and reveled in it. From the start, I embraced the cunning practice of disappearing into the shadows and pick pocketing my enemies before ambushing them with poisons. By the time I was seen, my dagger already was bloody with my opponent’s innards. Just like most other elusive rogues, I didn’t mind using crafty, violent and yes, even straight up vile methods to down those who would stand against me. The power consumed me, and I grew stronger.
 Now you don’t! |
My deception also was my entertainment: I took comfort in harassing those who couldn’t see me. I would stealth, and choose a friendly, lower-level target to distract while they puzzled at a puff of smoke exploding, and then laughter echoing in the seemingly empty street in front of them.
But slowly, the novelty wore off. Sap and Cheap Shot became routine, and my daggers rusty. I was eager to level, and I traded in the backstabbers for two shiny new swords. A quick respec for dual-wielding swords, and I was ready to go. No more backstab or ambush, my two key skills requiring daggers. No hopes for mutilate, either. And not as much need for stealth, since I didn’t have to get behind my enemy. But level, I did.
Soon, I reached Outland, and then Northrend. It was the Borean Tundra that brought me back to my stealthy roots. First, a series of quests led me to the Fang of the Desolate Soul. Then, east to Dragonblight where I was asked to kill Magister Keldonus and in exchange, take possession of the Backtwister. A free respec for patch 3.1.1 solidified my conviction - it was time to regain my close quarters combat specialization and rediscover my love for stealthier gameplay. So far, I’m having a bloody good time.
Now I wouldn’t say that rogues are the best class for everyone. And I can’t leave out the fact that we’ve gotten nerfed from time to time. But I’m in it for the fun. And, damn. Stealth is fun. I think iTZKooPA knows what I’m talking about, and also has some good tips for the muti spec.
So now you all know one of my favorite aspects of being a rogue. Based on a thread in our forums, I know I’m not the only one. So, what is it that drives you to play your class?
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By Ada on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Hmm…originally it was mail and plate armor. Now, well, it’s just the fact that I don’t have to level him to do heroics and I know how to play the warrior class better than other classes.
By Carlos on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I have always liked helping my group in other way besides my DPS/Tanking/Healing. That’s why I rolled a Paladin. Hybrid class with several buffs for your group.
By kieran on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Mage, what isn’t there to like, easy one on one combat MASSIVE DEEPS,portals when ever the hell you like and you never run out of food. cant beat it. xD
By Dulica on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
My first character was a human mage, but I kept getting my butt kicked. I wanted to kick ass and take names, so I switched to my human warrior. I’m a female (IRL and in Wow) so that gets some attention. I’ve got a few alts: druid, hunter, mage, but it’s my warrior that has become my main because I enjoy getting right in there and ruling.
By Laeltis on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
hunter because of what I rolled, how I like Lore and animals, and I know my Class. Though I’ve understood that I’m a Druid and Warrior at heart. Which I’m lvling atm
By Dave on Friday, May 15th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Dude, i rolled rogue as my main and i effin love it. Stealthing and kicking ass describes one of the many aspects of playing a rogue. Great post. Take pride in the stealth!
By ergodynx on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 12:21 am
i used to play on a private server and had a lvl 34 hunter on that, then when i came to play real world of warcraft i thought i didn’t want to start over with another hunter so i became a gnome mage but as soon as i went into warsong gulch and saw all those hunters i realy missed it (strangly enough i felt ”naked” without tracking ability’s) so i put my mage on the side and once again started a night elf hunter (night elves are the best class ofcourse^^) i’m now happily lvl 80 and still playing my hunter for far to much time
ergodynx
bloodfeather
By Nebyula on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 2:56 am
My first characters past 15 were Warlock and Priest. I love people getting pissed off when I fear then around in BGs/Arenas and I love to save asses with the best of them as a holy priest.
By Dalag on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 5:49 am
When I first rolled my priest, it was mostly because I had always rolled deeps classes and I wanted a change, so I initially wanted to hit max level and go holy. But I ended up falling madly in love with Shadow spec and the amazing face-melting pvp abilities and the crazy deeps it puts out.
Shado 4 Lyfe
By Allen Ibrahim on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I play a druid because I can never stick to one role in a group. I play balance because moonkin is awesome and it’s so easy to use and with good gear, I sweep the deeps as good as any hunter.
By Krowtz on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Warlock cause I turn into a mini Illidan, rain fire on peoples faces, I curse you!, and I can also sweep the deeps.
By Grant on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I chose a paladin. Reason behind it is I wanted to do some good damage (Retribution) but didn’t wanna be a squishy player. I was gunna pick a warrior, but they could heal. And I figured if I desperatly needed to heal myself and do some damage at the same time. Pick a pally. Good armor and healz.
That’s all I need.
By Scott on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Mage, because i enjoy the plastyle of a mage (stand back and spam a few buttons) and being able to portal myself and others anywhere, having as much food and drink as i like, and slow falling off cliffs
By cocopuff on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
well my main is a 80 DK but i have been on him in weeks i been playing my alt mage level 79 and a half i started my mage oround three years ago when i was quickly bored with my warlock i made a mage after getting him to level 2 my cousin wanted me to go back to my warlock and then my druid but all were left in the dust when my 10 day free trial ended when i got the box and dowloaded teh game i went mage once again first tried a human mage but then went to my gnome mage and unlike before i exauly stock with him but in the mid 20 i gave up on him again i tried many diffrent other classes druid warlock even a rogue and a hunter my hunter was my main untill WOTLK over teh last three years i have been on and of my mage now he is a 79 and a half my druid is 56 my rogeu 37 my warlock 39 and my hunter is 73 my point is mages take patience all the classes do and for e my mage was th easist to deal with
By james on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
hate rogues. and belfs. gay backstabbers.
By Trian on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Good blog! hmm What drives me as a hunter.. well i like to send my raptor at others and then send a hell of bullets towards my opponents head. from the start i loved annihilating my enemies without they even had a chance to do any damage to me. Even though so many get bored with their lvl 80 hunter i really still love to rip any one in my path to shreds and surprising them by all of a sudden going crazy with my gun. i have tried other classes but they dont really give me that feeling of superiority or that kickass dps. Keep sweepin the dps every 1!
By Michael on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Rogue FTW.., For the horde….
By Celeria on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I originally rolled Hunter, mainly because I loved having a pet at my side, especially when that pet is damn near as strong as the hunter himself. After gaining about 30-40 lvls with him I rolled a rogue for a while, got him to lvl 33 and realized it wasnt for me, so I deleted him, by this time my hunter was around 50-55. At this time I picked up BC, a little later then everyone else, right around the time BT came out. So I made a BE warlock, mainly because its another pet class. and eventually I made my BE paladin. Now I have my hunter and paladin to 80, and my lock to 71. I love my hunter cuz he can do major dps, and u never quest alone, in a manner of speaking. My lock for the same reason as my hunter, but he adds a bit of an evil twist in the mix. I love my pally because I can tank and heal with GREAT efficiency, and soloing is just as easy as it is with my hunter. But I definatly enjoy raiding the most. I love being flexible, thats why my dual spec is main holy, off prot.
By Notice on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Notice his characters talents and weapons. That talent build for daggers just su*ks big time. No wonder he doesnt like rogue any more, hes having hard time whith that build.
By Micah Fields on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I Believe that the quality of this author is always questionable, she hasn’t written anything about anything that’s worth reading about since May 5th,
“Easing into WoW Lingo”. This article is informative, however, it give any more insight into the game on a large scale, if the author had written about how rouges tactics in patch 3.1.1 against other classes a little, I believe that this article would be more informative.
By cocopuff on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
i hit 80 on my mage 2 hours ago heriocs here i come
By Alayea on Saturday, May 16th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
@ergodynx
Private server = pirate server. ‘Nuff said.
By nick on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am
i can still see you.must be cause im a human har har
By Gerandor on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Warlock.. Why you may ask? because Ozzy is a warlock ofcourse!
But in all seriousness, i like setting people on fire
By Dinaus on Sunday, May 17th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Over the past 4 years, I’ve played almost every class in the game, on both sides. My favorite classes, though, are the shaman, death knight, and the rogue. On the subject of the rogue, nothing beats the ability to sneak into a camp of mobs, pick all of their pockets, and sneak out unnoticed. I think the biggest problem most people have with playing rogues is the patience that’s neccessary to stealth in, pick the right time and place, backstab your opponent, take him down, and then leave unnoticed. It takes the right mindset to play correctly.
By jimbob on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 5:52 am
I used to love my rogue, first char i got to 70, but she is now much neglected, in Northrend, but STILL level 70, all the nerfs made me lose my love for the class to be honest.
By Agán on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 6:29 am
I rolled a hunter for one reason, everything is hunter gear!
By Jimi on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Questing is my favorite part of playing my rogue. Stealthing in, incapacitating guards, assassinating a dude for his head or whatever and vanishing out is intrinsically badass.
By Popcap on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 7:46 am
warlock cuz hes overpowered and can pwn all classes nuff said.
By Kalgorn on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Can’t freakin stand the rogues when they gank me in PvP, but i love playing them. I’ve only played my rogue up to 15 but it’s fun being able to stealth and get right up to my opponent and start wailing on ‘em before they’ve had time to hit me.
But for me, at heart, i’ll always be a Hunter. My hunter was the very first class i tried and i can’t describe the enjoyment i get from the class. There are downtimes, like switching things after a nerf to be sure im still acceptable for raiding, and then there are upsides too. Such as the insane damage Volley did after Lich King was released.
Also, it’s always fun to go out and tame random animals and see what kind of DPS they can crank out.
By cocopuff on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
my cousin lets me play his 80 rogue they are fun as hell level 37 is not that fun but once you get to the high levels oh baby i love bieng able to walk though a cave to find corpse or something and not having to fight one mob not taht it whould take to long yea my cousin rogue is in full 25 naxx gear but rogues are just natruly good walking the path of teh shodow and its very fun to come out of shadow and shove my deggers up someones ass i dont care who it is if the name plate is red he/she/it will die i even kill criters though it kind of gets boring to one shot teh criters i much rather my pray to put up a little fight
By Albullno on Monday, May 18th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
i lvld my warrior to 80, got him fairly well geared and then i started lvling my druid one day and thought “hey i like this” bought dual spec at lvl 65 and now im rocking a feral/resto. just dinged 80 3 days ago and can tank as well as my warrior can, solo well in cat form and im working on my healing set. absolutely loving the challenge of it. my pally is next
By Mr.Awesome on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Marlock (mage/lock) I’m sweepin the dps!
By Jesie on Friday, May 22nd, 2009 at 9:24 am
Originally rogue got to 70 started working on alts then when WotLK came out got my hunter to 80 then started working on my DK. When I read this blog a few days ago it made me reminisce and as you mentioned a free respec thanks to the patch, I’m already 73 and loving it again.
By Corruptlight on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
i originally had a paladin in order to protect a friend of mine’s mage, but then i had exams. The next time i logged on, he was nearly 30 levels above me. I then, of course fell in love with a hunter, because i never got hurt (except for bad pulls). After WotLK came to my ears (or rather, eyes) i started playing the beta. What fun ^^. Death Knights were OP back then. I then went ahead with my hunter till 55 (running out of quests, and finding it hard to dispose of mobs) and made the death journey with a dwarf death knight. I will only say it was…different. Great until level 80. Then came along PvP. I got owned left, right, center and up or down. I am now working on a warrior after having plastered with my friends. (Sry if this post is a bit long)
Corruptlight (Thunderhorn EU)