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

[Barantor]

I'm rethinking to rogue just because it's a type of class I never mained and I have a really good knack for remembering maps and directions so those corpse dragging situations might be a good thing for me to do.

Slot Machine Lottery sounds hilarious too.

[Aaramis]

Torn between maining a Rogue or leveling another class (Mage or Necro probably) first to help twink it.

Just concerned I'll miss the Jboots window for the Rogue leveling up a caster first. But man, ungeared melee are so weak in Classic. It'll be a horrible grind.

[Cecily]

The rogue Guk experience alone makes the class worth playing. Also, rogues do crazy damage with really anything they use. It's not a gear dependent class at all. Sure, a 15 damage poker is nice, but a 100+ damage kick button with fine steel is cool, too.

[Aaramis]

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

The rogue Guk experience alone makes the class worth playing. Also, rogues do crazy damage with really anything they use. It's not a gear dependent class at all. Sure, a 15 damage poker is nice, but a 100+ damage kick button with fine steel is cool, too.

Damn you Cecily, lol. You were supposed to talk me out of it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Cecily]

I apologize. I love the class.


There are some down sides. Very slow sneak speed till 50+. Will have to walk everywhere. Can't solo.


I recommend an antisocial class to alt when your rogue can't find a group. Rogue with druid was what I did with Cecily and I ended up with two level 60s without much extra effort.

[Snaggles]

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

I apologize. I love the class.


There are some down sides. Very slow sneak speed till 50+. Will have to walk everywhere. Can't solo.


I recommend an antisocial class to alt when your rogue can't find a group. Rogue with druid was what I did with Cecily and I ended up with two level 60s without much extra effort.

^this.

Also pack some cloudy potions or invis rings. I recall any invisi on a rogue is invisible and invis undead. Makes for some full speed stealth at level 1. Not sure tho if that was changed in a certain expansion...con as you go [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Baler]

my 2 cents on the subject...
Wait till kunark to roll a rogue. Start classic with a plat farming class to fund the kunark rogue.

[Cecily]

Invis on a rogue is that type of invis on a rogue. Sneak+hide is Ivall, except some see rogue stuff. IvU on a hidden rogue will let you sneak past things in hate you aren't supposed to be able to.

[Aaramis]

How reliable is Instill Doubt / Intimidation, by the way?

Was just reading an old Safehouse post on Rogue Solo (https://thesafehouse.org/forums/foru...ide-to-soloing) from 2000, and while soloing on a Rogue was even horrible back then, the article seems to imply that snare (via SBD) and Instill Doubt were a viable option.

Just curious what the rates of it working on Blue have been, so we can judge Green's viability.

[Snaggles]

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

How reliable is Instill Doubt / Intimidation, by the way?

Was just reading an old Safehouse post on Rogue Solo (https://thesafehouse.org/forums/foru...ide-to-soloing) from 2000, and while soloing on a Rogue was even horrible back then, the article seems to imply that snare (via SBD) and Instill Doubt were a viable option.

Just curious what the rates of it working on Blue have been, so we can judge Green's viability.

On live it never worked for me. Not reliably at least. Monks seemed to have better success. Combine that with a 8/27 piercer and a proc and you are really relying on the RNG gods.

At the current state of the game battle bind-wounding with a fungi and .5+ ratio weapons rogues still are pretty bad soloers. I’d prob just rely on grouping on green.