Mandragaran wrote:I've tried both Combat and Sub. I'm fine in either with mobs, etc. Sub is definitely not a dungeon/raid spec. I like it in BGs. So far Combat is sort of meh all around. I'm never first in randoms, which probably means I'm missing something.
Anyone, on any toon, who spends any time learning it, can consistently be first in random damage meters. I'm a little above "anyone" so I know something is weird unless rogue gear scaling just catches up later.
I'm going to play with assassination tonight.
Have you used it in BGs at all? I'm looking forward to it, actually, b/c I have both BoA daggers.
Definitely go with Assassination imo, rogues are still a tad squishy to take advantage of cleaving with Combat and Blade Fury. Whereas with Assassination, you get extra energy and to spam mutilate for easy cp and damage...only problem is Assassination relies only on daggers, whereas Combat can at least use different mh options (and oh if they exist I suppose), so unless you have your heirloom daggers, might be a bit of a pain getting weapons...I'm still using some old daggers from the teens, didn't find any at all in darkshore that were better than the worgen end quest one. Combat also had a couple of weird rules I thought I saw from looking at their rotation, which is why I mainly went for assassination, seemed more streamline and easier to pick up.
Sub actually isn't too bad I think later on when you can at least fill out the tree (they do use Recuperate as one of their finishers on a regular basis for some talent, so in theory you'd have a constant source of healing while leveling in addition to Sub's many other survivability trick), and apparently they're used on some hard mode encounters since they're apparently near impossible to kill later on in raiding.
Oh yeah, any recommendations on a 2nd prof? Engineering will be my first, always wanted to have engineering on someone that I actively play (stupid DK...), but I dunno what to compliment it with...don't need a gathering profession. Someone said JC, and while it's true I don't have a JCer, I'd prefer something more guild/group friendly in an odd sense, you know something I can bring to the table, as I do feel kinda lame that I partake in the feasts and cauldrons and really can't offer anything back since I don't have an alchemist that's maxed or an herb gatherer, etc etc. Inscription is also half tempting if only because they can make the cards and then I don't have to waste time getting the shoulder enchants.
So who wants to volunteer!?
