Rewatching the sylvanas/saurfang mak’gora cinematic. I see her using shadow magic with her two daggers, “shockingly similar to subtlety rogues.” I’m thinking. But her main weapon is a bow right? Stay with me here… another thing I’d like to mention is that if you have spent any time at Ravenholdt Manor you’ll see the guards with crossbows. One last bit I’d like to point out is the existence of a rogue order hall follower, Princess Tess Greyman, a “subtlety rogue”, with a bow. All I’m getting at is that rogues should get a ranged spec already. With all these class changes and reworks, it would be very cool. That is all. 
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No.
…Unless it’s solely based around throwing stars. Then maybe… JUST maybe…Jk. Go play a hunter.
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I think you meant to say Rogue Ranged Spec instead. Rouge is makeup put on cheeks to create a rosy appearance.
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Marksmanship hunter.
Hunter traditionally met the fantasy you mention. Bows at range weapon up close.
Pretty sure she’s a hunter. (Ranger)
Hunters used to have access to melee slots and had a couple of melee moves in case they found themselves in a situation that needed it.
So, its prob just her doing Hunter things.
As for ranged hunters… Blizz seems to not give Survival hunters much love at all, and they always seem to kinda be struggling/awkward. I couldnt imagine them giving Rogues ranged without giving them the same subpar treatment.
Range rogue can be pals with Melee hunter and drink at the bar together.
And talk existential crisises.
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Actual design wise they’re in a lot better place than they were ever before.
SS maintenance takes care of itself, the damage they deal in M+ is decent. But they don’t bring anything other than lust so they’re in the same bucket as Ele/Rest sham and the rest of hunters.
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I’m glad to hear they’re doing better… Because for the longest time they just kinda… weren’t doing good at all.
But yeah. Not bringing anything special makes things tough for sure. Lots of others to compete with for that spot.
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We’ve all thought about the make up gun
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Why would they use a ranged spec? They are melee “up in your face” asasssins. Not hunters. Your not a sniper.
What you saw is a “hero npc” which are multiple classes.
Sylvannas: hunter/rogue
Anduin: Priest/Paladin/warrior
Varian: Arm and fury warrior(double spec)
etc…npcs get a special pass.
Oddly enough Rogues can wield bows. Just can’t use them.
I wouldn’t mind ranged capabilities to add to the spec, but definitely not pure ranger like a Hunter. That’s just meh.
I miss shooting people with a gun as a rogue. 
The concept of a ranged rogue quite literally exists with dual pistols as the last boss of reworked SFK and while I want to say that I’d like to have that it would just mean that Sin/Sub/Law become feral druids where you’re shunned for even playing them because you have a ranged spec.
Now if they made a hybrid spec that functioned similar to Red Mage in FFXIV but obviously didn’t play like utter trash or something reminiscent of Dante from DMC / Samira from League would be really awesome.
they’re already having issue balancing the 3 specs and you want to add another?
Your class name is right there and you still can’t spell it right?
It’s called Outlaw Rogue, although they’ve probably nerfed all their ranged stuff since the hay day of Legion/BFA.
I remember the pistol shots being a freaking nuke in PVP and in PVE for BFA. In Legion, If I was actually using pistol shot procs in PVP, I was dominant. I could brawl with any spec because of how many gap closers and range I had as Outlaw.
One thing I’ve noticed from Nu Blizz over the years, is they absolute ABHOR melee having hard hitting ranged abilities. DK had their ranged kit completely nuked going into Legion, along with anything Warriors and Rogues ever had.
Check actual DK abilities, you will see that they deleted their ranged stuff from the game completely. Even deathcoil is completely useless.
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Between the Eyes and pistol shot were hilarious at one point. Now it’s just another ability.
I wouldn’t mind Outlaw having some more abilities based on pistols.
A barrage of shots that can crit and help clear trash?
Kick (this is their interrupt spell) replaced with a ranged pistol shot?
A stealth windup pistol shot that is a guaranteed crit and stuns. To be used to initiate a fight.
First they have to make a class called rouge.
Here’s the Rouge Ranged for you, OP
