I started as a Rogue in Season 0, then took a break for about a year, trying each class for a full season. In Season 7, after having played each of the other classes, it was time to play Rogue again, and it quickly became apparent that I was having a lot more fun playing this class in comparison to Druid, Barbarian, Sorceress, Necro, Spiritborn.
It is not just the class fantasy. The available skills, key passives & specialisations have a lot going for them. Their synergies in particular, with affixes and items, are on another level. And what I have seen so far is that the Rogue’s unique item revisions turned out well. Overall, it is more interesting to try new effects and see where it leads.
I would almost say that everything has a certain handwriting of someone doing a better job, and now I am wondering if different designers are assigned or if it is the same team for each class. Either way, the design is exemplary.
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I see your appreciation but the fact it has known continues bugs from day 1 IE shadow clone amongst many others.
The class designer is clearly not leagues above anything. Especially after playing all other classes
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For me, along with SB, it is the best class, it has a cooldown reset, we have barrier, stealth, good move speed, critical, vulnerable, etc. The support skills are good, like grenade and calltrops. Logic still has some unique items and skills below. But it works well. The 3 weapons also allow for more variations.
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This is one of the worst designed classes lol. Most of the top ladder rogues use a macro to double their dps since you have to spam 5-6 cool downs every half second. No one is doing that for more than a hour and either using macros or giving up and playing poorly. That’s barely acceptable for a Korean MMO much less a western ARPG.
I can’t imagine anyone actually liking this of those who are actually playing the class properly. I’m assuming most aren’t. Then again most people stopped playing this game period.
Just cleared a 101 yesterday on my poison dmg twisting blades build with room for improvement.
It’s a nice build only pain you have to roll a Druid to temper poison dmg.