All rogues have gotten in SoD are abilities that replace old ones compared to other classes who have gotten additional buttons to press in their DPS rotations. Rogue plays exactly the same as it did in Classic Vanilla: One combo builder and one or two finishers.
Envenom replaces Eviscerate
Mutilate replaces Backstab
Saber Slash replaces Sinister Strike*
Give us something to press in between our combo builders and finishers, please.
The Poisoned Knife change was a really good addition, thanks.
Good rogues use macros to perform at the highest parse.
I recomend a simple macro like this:
/1 rogue lfg gnomer 6/6 exp have wbs + consums will lick feet pls invit
Bind that to a hotkey and you’ll be pressing that more than mutilate <3
we dont want more buttons
blizzard designed our rotation so we can focus on using our tools like gouge, kick, sap, ks, blind, and distract to kill folks with complicated rotations.
I’m talking about in a dungeon or raid setting.
oh, rogues dont do that
I just want a filler button to press, dude. Pressing one button every 3-4 seconds outside of cooldowns is not very fun.
but if we need to hit more buttons for max dps how are we going to have room for gouge, kick, sap, ks, blind, and distract when we pvp.
our dps is stinky right now, but the best way to help rogues without breaking us is to make gouge, kick, sap, ks, blind, and distract have applications in pve.
and btw, on the dps front, I have a feeling it will be a yellow and brown christmas this year. Expect us at 60
in the meantime if you want to hit more buttons, try pvp. we are the best class in the game at wrecking face and we do it with a plethora of buttons.
Lmao, I love the “if you’re not first, you’re last” mentality you rogues have about your dps. It’s really in character.
Considering the extra rune slots we’re expecting, Head and Wrist I think next phase, not to mention the trinkets, head piece, belt, and glove clickables, we have plenty to push, but we’re just not faceroll friendly, can’t button mash and be an effective rogue, we don’t get to be one of the drunk classes.
I came here to say something snarky about rouges, read your post, and am admitting you won WoW today.
I do not consider ability and item cooldowns rotational buttons.
Was that rogues or Ricky Bobby, lol.
I think this time we are actually last.
the last I checked only MM and SP were lower.
I dont think rogues are doing well in WOTLKC either, but I would have to check. I quit when ICC dropped.
Like rick bobby says… there is always cataclysm.
It’s honestly feeling like that -.- I tank Gnomer every lockout but… it’s starting to feel like I’m holding my group back then anything. dps can’t go full out cause the second they do I drop off the threat meter. We need more then just an extra button to press. We’re currently in a position that our dps is lower then mid tier with bringing zero utility. And tank wise yes we take least amount of damage but it doesn’t matter if we can’t hold threat. Warlocks were given an aoe taunt, rogues weren’t, warlocks main ability already had a threat modifier, rogues had no such thing. We need more then a 30% threat increase to even compete. Next phase it’ll be even worse with dps growing more and more. But blizz doesn’t seem to think so.
I feel bad for rogues who like pve. Our white damage is such a large portion of our damage. With gnomer the way it is that must be a bummer.
personally I ran gnomer four times with my horde rogue and once with my ally. that was enough gnomer for me.
We are completely bonkers in pvp. I have never had as much fun in BGs and wpvp. I really want rogue to feel fun as a tank, but our design… combo points and finishers as a tank. that is a tough row to hoe
problem is low-mid dps and zero utility outside of kick
mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate mutilate.
mutilate? mutilate 