Am I crazy for wanting to play a rogue on green?

[Verityn]

Originally Posted by Aaramis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, I'm going to be honest, just tried a Dwarf Rogue on Green beta server.
Great stats. Great initial quest options. Managed a blackened iron mail by level 6 via quests. And killed lots of goblins for beers.

Not such a bad deal, really!

I got to 13 on a human rogue and it went pretty well even though we don't have evade yet. The ability to do corpse recovery in stealth even at that level is really really handy in a dungeon like Blackburrow. The backstabbing for 30dmg was pretty nice too.

[Jimjam]

Dwarf rogue has some nice weapon quest options.

7 dmg piercer with magic, oh yea!

also, local quest line that can lead to a blackened iron crown, grotesque mask or girdle. oh yes.

[Verityn]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dwarf rogue has some nice weapon quest options.

7 dmg piercer with magic, oh yea!

also, local quest line that can lead to a blackened iron crown, grotesque mask or girdle. oh yes.

Oh man there are so many choices when one doesn't care too much about min/maxing. I played a half elf druid before kunark came out on live so I know what it is to accept your weaknesses. In the druid's case it was the equivalent of a whole bubble of mana less than a wood elf druid, but I really wanted to start in Qeynos.

I mean the dwarf does have that cool barrel roll and high strength. That dagger is nice too unless I somehow got lucky with a dragoon dirk drop.

I am second guessing the gnome a little. I made one on blue and the super low perspective is kind of hard to get used to even compared to a dwarf. So is the fact that you cant touch a wall without looking right through it. Which I know is awesome in the right places, but it makes things kind of confusing when you're running through small corridors and rooms especially with sow. I only ran around akanon and maybe being naked affects it more. I just don't want it to be annoying in like lguk or solb.

[Aaramis]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dwarf rogue has some nice weapon quest options.

7 dmg piercer with magic, oh yea!

also, local quest line that can lead to a blackened iron crown, grotesque mask or girdle. oh yes.

Wow, never even knew about that. You could start collecting BI chain as of level 4. That's insane.
Classic, I wonder?

[Benanov]

Originally Posted by Aaramis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow, never even knew about that. You could start collecting BI chain as of level 4. That's insane.
Classic, I wonder?

I played a DWF ROG pre-Kunark. Don't remember those...

I definitely had the Miner's Pick 628 tho, and the Scarab Helm.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Aaramis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow, never even knew about that. You could start collecting BI chain as of level 4. That's insane.
Classic, I wonder?

Its classic!

Ride boat on a slot machine lottery to recieve anything from patchwork to blackened iron!

[Vexenu]

I've done a Gnome Rogue before. They're definitely small (obviously) but it's not terribly annoying or anything, especially since you'll mostly be using third person camera. But there's no reason to play a Gnome unless you really want to play a Gnome. Also, since this is going to be on Green, it's worth considering the possibility that the staff might decide that the mouse scroll third-person camera view is unclassic (which it is) and remove it. That would force you to play in first-person a lot more often which is much more annoying on a Gnome. If you're torn between Gnome and Human I'd personally go Human. Better stats, just as rare and no size issues. And yes, the Rogue will be a weaker class starting out on Green, but who cares? That will just help ensure your snowflake status if you're one of the few who dares to tough it out.

[Graahle]

Also considering rogue strongly for green. Haven’t played P99 in ages, but rogue is calling to me. Perusing the old safehouse.org forums doesn’t help either lol.

[Tethler]

The CR point is pretty relevant tbh. A party wiping deep in Guk isn't a trivial thing in classic. Noone will have a 60 parked nearby to rez, drag or murder everything.

Having a rogue will be nice in those cases.

[Verityn]

Originally Posted by Tethler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The CR point is pretty relevant tbh. A party wiping deep in Guk isn't a trivial thing in classic. Noone will have a 60 parked nearby to rez, drag or murder everything.

Having a rogue will be nice in those cases.

yeah I better start relearning these zones. I used to get so lost in guk, but that was before maps.