All things Rogue General Discussion

[Indigostorm]

Paragon, I moved your thread to the Rogue general discussion. The reason for this is that the Soul Library has a very defined structure as to where posts go- separate threads are devoted to builds only. The general Discussion thread is where your question should go if you would like to keep it in this area. If you would like to maintain a separate thread with the specific subject line you can also post your question in the General Discussion forum. Thanks!

[WriteThemWrong]

Hi all,
I am having fun and seem to leveling well with my build, but I have a total of 5+ finishers and they all seem pretty good. I need opinions on which I should use the most etc, as there is never much time to use more than maybe 2 on most 1v1 and 2+ for multiple mobs.

Final Blow-straight biggest DPS no combo points
False Blade-adds 5% dodge (good for Reprisal react)
Guarded Steel-adds 30% armor value increase (seems to crit a bit)
Dauntless Strike-adds crit chance of 5% (I love the big shiny words when it crits)
Annihilate- adds increasing attack power that gets more as you level etc (same as above)

Not to mention Compound Attack for multiples (up to 3)

Honestly-I like a challenge and have been using them all but I see no rhyme or reason to when or where is better. I actually wish I had LESS choices as I'm old, cranky, impatient and like a clear choice or 2.

No math please, just opinions would be appreciated.

It depends on what you are doing. I think you're mostly tanking with that build so I would suggest getting and keeping Guarded Steel and False Blade up whenever possible. And then Dauntless Strike for crit but also because it has the same effect for your party/raid members.

I know that things that say "When you heal" work for cadence and our verse healing spell, so I purchased a second Flawless Source Machine, but are they really worth it? Unlike cadence, at least from what i've seen the heals aren't smart heals, so there is little way to control them. I also bought the one that shields people when you heal them, sure, in a 5 man encounter with AE damage to the whole party it might be nice, but how good are these things in a raid setting now that we don't heal the whole raid? So I guess the heart of my question would be, would the CHANCE to heal someone who needs it be better than just having raw stats in your focus? Any thoughts?

From what I've tried, those effects when used with bard heals could happen to anyone healed, so you can't really pick who to give the chance of getting them. Not worth it imo, cadence heals are dependent on how much damage you do so focus on that. Honestly, keeping motif of regeneration active would be better in raid setting.

[jettjj]

Hey all,

I'm new to Rift and new to MMORPGs in general. I've decided to give it a go and am interested in playing a Rogue. I tried a bit with a mage and a cleric, but they didn't seem as fun as the rogue.

In getting to know the system and how games like this work I started with a NightBlade / Ranger / RiftStalker on a PvE-RP server. What I really like doing is being all stealthy and offing one target then jumping back into the shadows and repeating. I don't think the Ranger side is what I was looking for as I hardly use the range attacks and the pet messes me up more often than not.

So I wanted to rebuild. I was debating going BladeDancer / Assassin / RiftStalker, Assassin / BladeDancer / RiftStalker, BladeDancer / NightBlade / Riftstalker or NightBlade / BladeDancer / Riftstalker.

Which combination is generally best for stealth and speed, primarily focused on melee solo questing? Also is it possible to change up what I am playing now, or do I need to restart to use different souls (I'm only level 10, so no biggie if I need to restart).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[Sorduun]

Hey all,

I'm new to Rift and new to MMORPGs in general. I've decided to give it a go and am interested in playing a Rogue. I tried a bit with a mage and a cleric, but they didn't seem as fun as the rogue.

In getting to know the system and how games like this work I started with a NightBlade / Ranger / RiftStalker on a PvE-RP server. What I really like doing is being all stealthy and offing one target then jumping back into the shadows and repeating. I don't think the Ranger side is what I was looking for as I hardly use the range attacks and the pet messes me up more often than not.

So I wanted to rebuild. I was debating going BladeDancer / Assassin / RiftStalker, Assassin / BladeDancer / RiftStalker, BladeDancer / NightBlade / Riftstalker or NightBlade / BladeDancer / Riftstalker.

Which combination is generally best for stealth and speed, primarily focused on melee solo questing? Also is it possible to change up what I am playing now, or do I need to restart to use different souls (I'm only level 10, so no biggie if I need to restart).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

This http://www.riftjunkies.com/forums/sh...ker-Nightblade is the best for solo questing until level 50. Try it as it is a blast to play as well. I switched to it at about level 25-26 where it really takes off. Before that you can just do some Ranger or whatever ... but 25+ use this spec.

You're welcome.