If a rogue gets the drop on you, there's a good chance you will end up dead if you are a caster. If they don't have the element of surprise, they usually end up running away or dead. I was out grinding with my warrior once and went afk for a couple minutes. Some rogue sneaks up and gets the drop on me. He got in at least 3 hits before I got back to the keyboard, stood up, turned around, and beat him mercilessly into the ground. Smart rogues usually won't take on a warrior unless they are sure they can keep them locked down or kill them before they have a chance to react: Rend, Hamstring, Disarm = dead rogue
It was even better being a shadow priest. The only time they could take me down is stealthed, from behind, using ambush. Even still it wasn't a guarantee unless they had really good gear. If they didn't kill me I could very easily fear, DoT, pop a shield, heal, and proceed to chase them down as they ran away as fast as possible.
Mage? AoE like a madman and a rogue will never even get close to you while stealthed. Then you just frost nova, blink, and nuke them to death.
I have a level 35 night elf rogue myself, so I do love the class, but saying they are overpowered is just plain wrong. Take away their element of surprise and they are easily destroyed. After playing this game for almost 2 years, I’ve learned that there is no class in the game that is overpowered. Any class can take down any other class; it all depends on the gear and the players involved.
glyc
[ 07-18-2006, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: Glycerine_74 ]
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