Wow these hero talents are boring (sin)

As assassination I feel like I’m having to choose between a sub tree and an outlaw tree and both aren’t very satisfying. I don’t really see myself as an assassination rogue doing coin flips so the fantasy for me isn’t there.

First character I’ve leveled where the hero talents are just blah passives

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Thanks for sharing?

Deathstalker the assassination one. ‘Trickster’ is the sub one, Fatebound is the Outlaw one.

They certainly do suck.

Doesnt help Deathstalker not only has a dumb restriction in how to even activate it, but it seems kinda buggy.

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I like how Deathstalker is basically turned off in the open world. It goes something like this:

  1. See Bismuth node.
  2. Land next to it, the enemies haven’t popped in yet.
  3. Accidentally pull something while mining because it wasn’t popped in yet.
  4. No stealth opener so I have no mark on this creature I pulled.
  5. Also see a wax glob in the ground right next to the node I just mined.
  6. Dig it up.
  7. Spawns an add right after the one I Just killed, no opener, no mark.

Lol. I’m not saying we need the mark in this content, but this is just dumb. That mark can’t work like that, it doesn’t even function with how the game is designed. Having to press Vanish before every single damage event? Really? Really bro? Might as well make the cooldown on Vanish 30 seconds.

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Why are you playing a rogue like that then?

  1. See Bismuth node.
  2. Land next to it, the enemies haven’t popped in yet.
  3. Accidentally pull something while mining because it wasn’t popped in yet.
  4. No stealth opener so I have no mark on this creature I pulled.
  5. Also see a wax glob in the ground right next to the node I just mined.
  6. Dig it up.
  7. Spawns an add right after the one I Just killed, no opener, no mark.

Do this instead:

  1. Land right next to it, and stealth. Wait 2 seconds for things to load, and then fight.
    or
  2. Land right next to it, and stealth.
  3. Start mining.
  4. Get attacked (still have time on subterfuge to set mark).

Why is the restriction dumb?

The issue is it’s buggy. Ambush being the applicator is the only thing that makes sense.

Yes this part for me. The talent itself is ok but the application is silly

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I don’t mind Ambush being the applicator for Deathstalker’s Mark, but the Blindside Ambush procs need to count for applying it too.

Look at the Subtlety version of it. Shadowstrike from Stealth or Shadow Dance. Compared to the Assassination version, where it’s only Ambush from Stealth, it’s obviously not as easy to apply under the variety of conditions that we find ourselves in.

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I agree.

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Yeah pretty much, Sin can only realistically re-apply it with Vanish, and a lot of people arent fond of that being a dps CD.

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I was super sad when I saw Blindside procs not apply it.

No enemies have popped in yet, I literally dunno where to land. But I need to go back to stealth landing, like dismounting mid air into stealth.

It’s cool though, I went Without a Trace recently. I’ll just Vanish. I do so much damage now the world mobs don’t matter.

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