One Rogue's Journey

So there’s been some leaked alpha news regarding class talents up to 80. Even though most(all) of it wont make it to live the exact way that it is now it is still fun to skim over and peek into the mind of the great developers at Blizzard. Unfortunately I don’t get to do this with my beloved class, at least not yet. So instead, I’ll pull some ideas out of thin air and speculate on somethings I think would be cool for our stealthy buddies. Bare in mind these are just ramblings and I haven’t given a whole lot of thought to balance.

Rogues are 98% a pure DPS class. Sure Sap, and to a lesser extent Blind, are good for some minor CC but they are much more limited than say, Polymorph (which has it’s own, different, limitations). So, I’m going to focus mostly on ideas revolving on stabbing things until they fall down (Which in most cases is the Combat Tree though I’ve seen some Mutilate rogues really lay it down).

Perhaps a talent that improves critical strike while lowering the threat caused by crits; or one that simply lowers the threat we generate as a whole.

Adrenaline Rush is amazing. Wouldn’t it be more amazing with a shorter cooldown or longer duration?

Bladefury hitting 3 targets anyone?

Perhaps an adjustment to Slice and Dice wherein in addition to increasing attack speed by a based percentage it increases our haste rating by a certain percent. (Wow, that one is way imba).

Improved Cloak of Shadows? Basically allows you to use cloak of shadows in more situations; mostly those times when the only solution is Iceblock or Bubble.

Just some random thoughts. Am I on to anything? Maybe, but probably not. I’m sure I’ll have a lot to say when something is leaked about rogues in wrath.