Comments for The Red-Hatted Rogue Reporter

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by andyb1852

andyb1852 — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:26 +0000

Spanx my good friend…Spanx hide alot under that leather.

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by sveltekumquat

sveltekumquat — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:56 +0000

My big-boy pants make me look fat.

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by Corey

Corey — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:02 +0000

You know what? I wasn’t happy about this change, but Fatmaggie’s right. I’m by no means a good rogue, but this gives me a chance to be. Now I can understand the class and won’t see all of these other people being rogue who were only doing it for the flavor of the patch. I’m excited because its an opportunity to see how skilled I actually am or to see how skilled I actually become. Thank you, Maggie.

Comment on Roguefucius Say by andyb1852

andyb1852 — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:15 +0000

1 dagger in the night is worth a 1000 swords at dawn.

Comment on Ruffy Rants: Patch 5.3 and the PvE/PvP Ability Chasm by Prinnie Powah

Prinnie Powah — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:45 +0000

And whatever you do, DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND.

TRUST ME.

Friends can only race back and save your ass every so often, you know?

Comment on Ruffy Rants: Patch 5.3 and the PvE/PvP Ability Chasm by andyb1852

andyb1852 — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:50 +0000

Rfeann,

Starting out at end-game pvp, single que-ing can be a bit too much for most everyone. Your best be is to find a group of people and que together.

We run a few random bgs each night. There are 4 of us. My monk (Steenk – Darkspear), disc priest, frost mage, and usually a boomy. If you ever wanna group up with us, you are MOST welcome. I think things would go smoother if you had the luxury of a healer at your back, and some other players watching your red hat.

Hit us up…it will be fun! You can hit me up on twitter for my btag…or email if you are interested.

Fatmaggie

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by andyb1852

andyb1852 — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:05:56 +0000

Nighstalker only buffs the 1st out of stealth opener, be it Garrote or Ambush. That being said, it will buff an Eviscerate coming out of stealth. Example: You have just finished a “dance” and target is not dead, you can Kidney > Vanish > Mark for Death> and Evisc outta stealth for a huge Eviscerate, as it benefits from NS talent, SangVein, Master of Sub talent, PotW and FW is still up.

You can also close a dance with a Vanish > Ambush for a bigger one.

Nightstalkers true charm is not the opener, its the increased speed stealth, which gives you BETTER stealth. I rarely get opened on by other rogues, and I can get into tighter spots that most rogues cant get into.

If you are going to do arena tho, Fuge is a the better talent. Its so cheap and unfair….just like rogue talents should be.

My thoughts on rogue “nerfs”…most of them were needed. Stealth teleport ability + significant ranged pressure, combined with heavy burst was just too much. The rogue class has (for the most part) always been a demon in pvp, but the catch was that it had a higher than average skill req, with above avg knowledge of the game, with great emphasis on knowing your opponents class as well or better than they did. This really wasnt the case in 5.2. Sitting in smokebomb and tossing isnt very rogue-ish. Neither is blowing dance arbitrarily to “chase down” a couple of mobs with zero penalty.

Rogue isnt dead 5.3. It will be for some of the lesser rogue, but you will have to put your big-boy pants back on to rogue in 5.3. Its the way it should be.

Fatmaggie

Comment on Ruffy Rants: Patch 5.3 and the PvE/PvP Ability Chasm by Zxc

Zxc — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:55 +0000

To get the comments off the twitter feed, I think you make compelling arguments here. You’re right, there’s already so much difference with how many spells interact with players rather than NPC that having adjusted numbers on spells for PVP and PVE would not create much headache for players. We’re already looking at 65% reduction and huge differences with how our CC works so these spells are not acting the same anyway

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by sveltekumquat

sveltekumquat — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:43 +0000

I’ve never tested this personally, but my understanding is that Nightstalker’s damage bonus does not apply to Shadow Dance. Nightstalker boosts damage dealt while stealthed, and ShD technically is not stealth (it’s a separate “stance,” which is why it has a different action bar).

I believe the PvP nerfs are almost entirely about achieving balance in 3×3 arena ladders.

Comment on Official Patch 5.3 Rogue Changes: The Breakdown (Updated 5/20) by Falkien

Falkien — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:18 +0000

Silly question, but, as for today, does Shadow Dance benefits from tier 15 talent Nightstalker? And, with all that changed to Shadow Dance, will it be continue to benefit from Nightstalker?

Besides, seems like we are getting a whole wall of nerf on 5.3, pvp-wise. Why is Blizzard doing this? We are already pretty much fked in BGs and RBG, aren’t we? Why don’t they keep Find Weakness on 70% for PVP? I think we need more damage, and not just burst dmg, in a pvp env.