yerm
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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The rogue gimmicks are gone. Corpse dragging is no longer done, exploring is not done and there's shit like maps now, and pick lock can be handled by bards which are both the simplest box and frequently most useful, so everyone can find one. Rogues are just dps now. So, if you are picking a rogue, the question is why? Is it because you have some weird mentally ill fascination with the idea of the class you must live out? If not, just pick a different class. Ranger if you're gonna quit after pop, monk if not, berserker if you plan to decide later.
The only rogue advantage left is that because they suck so much shit for so long, and even after semi balancing its still literally years until the dagger fix so classes like beast won't compete... nobody touches your shit except other rogues, who are also cucks playing a shit class. So rogue is suddenly ideal if two conditions are met and you need both to be met:
1. You have limited or unreliable playtime which may mean lower earned dkp or less reliable access to bis drops. You don't want to fuss over your gear.
2. You have real friends playing the game who are going to consistently group with you and not make you pug. This isn't a casual thing either, I'm talking an actual team of bros you can count on.
If both of those are not true, especially #2, and you aren't trying to vicariously exist in everquest as the fantasy class of your dreams (why is this rogue anyway you fucking weirdo) don't play a rogue.
Anyone who tells you to play one if you want to and any class is fine is a liar and an asshole. There is literally nothing special about rogues anymore. If you want to play dps, which is all a rogue is, there are other options and they're all superior. Ranger is extra superior here because the gear so easily becomes berserker gear in a snap before the 70s era falloff.
The only rogue advantage left is that because they suck so much shit for so long, and even after semi balancing its still literally years until the dagger fix so classes like beast won't compete... nobody touches your shit except other rogues, who are also cucks playing a shit class. So rogue is suddenly ideal if two conditions are met and you need both to be met:
1. You have limited or unreliable playtime which may mean lower earned dkp or less reliable access to bis drops. You don't want to fuss over your gear.
2. You have real friends playing the game who are going to consistently group with you and not make you pug. This isn't a casual thing either, I'm talking an actual team of bros you can count on.
If both of those are not true, especially #2, and you aren't trying to vicariously exist in everquest as the fantasy class of your dreams (why is this rogue anyway you fucking weirdo) don't play a rogue.
Anyone who tells you to play one if you want to and any class is fine is a liar and an asshole. There is literally nothing special about rogues anymore. If you want to play dps, which is all a rogue is, there are other options and they're all superior. Ranger is extra superior here because the gear so easily becomes berserker gear in a snap before the 70s era falloff.
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