What Nubben said. You don't want to fight caster mobs because they will rape you unless you resist everything, but that's pretty much the only time you'll be getting more than 1 backstab in per fight soloing. Intimidation will help but it doesn't start becoming reliable until the upwards of 200 skill level. You used to be able to "side stab" every once in a while but I believe the recent patch fixed that. TL;DR you should never solo after level 15 or so, more often than not you'll die. You can manage lightblues SOMETIMES if you're well geared, and you should only be doing it in you're actively in a popular zone LFG while waiting for a group.
1/3 you want to sneak AND hide, always always always. There are very few mobs in the game that can see through hide, and zero mobs in the game that can see through sneak (if you are behind the mob).
The mobs that can see through hide off the top of my head:
Gods and dragons
Some mobs in plane of hate
Bats in Solusek B
Fire giants in Solusek B
... that's it?
4. It's mostly the ability to walk around crazy dungeons with impunity. And the ability to do CRAZY DPS at high levels and with good gear. If you enjoy seeing your combat text scroll by because you're attacking extremely fast and doing a ton of damage, a rogue is the life for you.
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