So.... Rogues

Welp - I'm going to assume anyone who reads this post plays WoW - if not, I'll give you guys this much - Resistance 2 is a lot of fun, enjoy the single player campaign a lot (although I can see where the criticisms lie) but I am really fond of the Co-Op, I just got my first possible character upgrade, and it makes it that much more enticing to get more upgrades, you notice the difference and you appreciate the hard work that went into getting it.

Now WoW.

So I play a Rogue, not exclusively (making alts can be fun) but for most of the time, that's just how I do it. And I am in a good guild! Well at least good enough to be doing the endgame content, 25man Naxx etc. Now the thing is, I don't want to act like I am awesome, but well... I am awesome. I can usually keep up there in the damage meters, and you know, that stuff makes me feel all good and manly, but lately I've been slipping. Now this isn't because I've been getting worse at playing the game, but because other people are getting more gear, probably as geared as me, and this makes them skyrocket past. Whats the problem then? Probably my spec. I am combat specc'd with some pretty darn good gear (best mainhand sword in the game for example) and in general, I'm pretty good looking, but unfortunately even though rogues can't bring a lot to a raid other than damage (read; anything other than damage), we now need to resort to using a kinda bugged spec (HAT) to keep ontop. While I don't really care too much for Mutilate, I do aknowledge changing to mutilate would probably increase my damage, but not substantially. And something about going deep Subtelty to be great in raids seems confusing, as that is the PvP spec - which confuses me more because the reason (apparently) rogues aren't getting PvE dps buffs is because they are afraid of giving them too much of an edge in PvP - well that ship has probably sailed, and really all you're doing is making me kinda sad.

But in all honesty, it's not THAT big of a deal, I may not be the top, but I am damn near close to it, and I think that some people may over exaggerate the issue - and that probably has something to do with a little bit of lack of skill, and the desire to make up for this with more buffs. Or whatever, it doesn't matter, I really would appreciate doing more damage in raids, or bringing some sort of viable buff - but I can also just hope that future gear will itemize better and let me up my damage that way.

I think Frogg is going to post about DK's and probably why the majority of them are really really bad - I just do not know myself.