Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Rogue Question
Rhevin
Member UncommonPosts: 611
Since I don't have a beta account, I can't communicate with those that are on the WoW forum. I want to get as much knowledge as possible on which class to play as. I was considering a hunter, but people say they are really expensive. So there's the rogue. I really want to use a ranged weapon so those were my two main choices. So, are rogues any good with bows? I'm just imagining hiding (stealth) and firing an arrow to where the enemy will have trouble spotting me making for a perfect ambush. Man, I'm getting way too anxious for the release. 
I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
________________________
Two atoms walk out of a bar. The first exclaims, "Damn, I forgot my electrons." The other replies, "You sure?". The first explains, "Yea, I'm positive."
Comments
Rouges can use Bows and/or Crossbows but they have to train in them first before they can use them. The default ranged weapon for Rouges is throwing weapons such as daggers.
If you would like more info, goto this Link.
Also at the top of the page is a link to the rouge discussion forums on the community site which could help you get a better insite into how people feel about the way the rouge is being used best as of its current construct.
Your scathing wit and daring insight into the turbulent political crags of the internet are shining beacons of truth and purity for the slight remaining masses of visionless hypocriticial sheep who bleat at the thought of your glory
Your scathing wit and daring insight into the turbulent political crags of the internet are shining beacons of truth and purity for the slight remaining masses of visionless hypocriticial sheep who bleat at the thought of your glory
I appreciate the help. I have read that, I was more curious as to any actual experience. Thanks anyways.
I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
________________________
Two atoms walk out of a bar. The first exclaims, "Damn, I forgot my electrons." The other replies, "You sure?". The first explains, "Yea, I'm positive."
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
Well as the guy above me said rogues are mainly a melee class, you could use a bow as a secondary weapon but need to focus your main on some type of melee. Rogues are one of the highest DPS or the highest even right now and draw alot of argo, you can not shoot your bow within certain ranges, meaning too far away obviously and really close enemies, and with the argo you draw and no way to control it you will be in enemies melee range alot and wouldnt really be worth using a bow cept for maybe pulling mobs. Some other reasons are you won't get any special attack abilites for your bow like stings that a hunter gets ( as far as I know), and as of right now there arent any good high end bows in the game either, probably will change by release I would hope.
If you want to play bow ranged, hunter is really the only way to go and be efficient at it, and its intended that way. The pets are used to control your argo on you as much as possible so you can remain ranged as long as possible. If they made hunter as good as rogues in melee and rogues as good in ranged you would end up with some major balance issues and making one class obsolete and uneeded.
-Randumass-
Priests: A support class that hasn't forgot to support itself.
-Randumass-
Thanks for the advice fellas. Yea, I was looking forward to using a ranged weapon but seems as though that is mainly for the hunter. Well, thanks again. You have answered my question.
I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
________________________
Two atoms walk out of a bar. The first exclaims, "Damn, I forgot my electrons." The other replies, "You sure?". The first explains, "Yea, I'm positive."
dude, i thinkt he awsome thing about this game is that they made it so that if you wanted to you could have a ranged rogue and still do alright, otherwise they wouldnt have put the skills in there, however in a strait bow fight you might lose but doesnt mean you cant have an awsome character with a bow
Well I had the idea of firing an arrow, going strealth, then pop up somewhere else and fire another one. Or, fire an arrow, then move in for a dagger kill. I think I'm getting way too excited for the release. I'm just running in circles trying to waste time by playing CounterStrike.
I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.
________________________
Two atoms walk out of a bar. The first exclaims, "Damn, I forgot my electrons." The other replies, "You sure?". The first explains, "Yea, I'm positive."
I think, especially if you're soloing, you can't stealth after you've gained agro.. so the 'ghost shooter' idea really wouldn't be possible
Every class has a Melee and a Ranged weapon slot. It doesn't mean that using them is a good idea.
For example Priests can use daggers, but it's not exactly the preferred way of playing one. In the case of Rogues, yes, they have a Ranged attack. But none of their special skills will work with a Ranged attack, so you're basically just negating the entire point of being a Rogue by going Ranged. The only reason I would use a Bow is to Pull.
If you just absolutely do not care how effective you are, then yes, you could play a Ranged Rogue. It would be like playing a Ranged Paladin in Diablo 2: Yes, you could do it. No, you wouldn't be a tenth the damage you could be doing.
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
If your interested in having a great rogue, the best way to do it is to max out duel-weapon mastery and of course, use two daggers. I was one in the STB, and it was quite fun. Sneaking up behind the mobs, that would normally aggro you, and being able to backstab was killer. I must say, the majority of my time hunting was solo. That's my quick rogue summary.
I made an orc warrior, and wow, I thought it was twice as fun. You hit so hard, and take little damage, at last a game company made a warrior class that didn't bore your face flat on the keyboard!
To mirror what everyone else is saying, the only time I use throwing daggers is when I need to pull single mobs out of a group of aggro mobs. Otherwise, it's stealth -> sap -> backstab -> finish beatdown.
If you are using a bow or some form of ranged attack constantly then you want the hunter, or mage class, not the rogues.
Just out of curiosity, why would you bother to Sap before your Backstab? Sap does no damage, and the Backstab immediately un-stuns them, so it looks to my untrained eye like all you're doing is wasting your Energy bar.
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
________________________________
They care. We don't. They win.
I sapped a mob last nite for a quest, and if memory serves, he didn't swing back until 20 some seconds later, even though I was attacking him. I could be wrong though. I was awfully damn tired by that point, so he may well have been attacking me, and I just wasn't paying enough attention.
The point behind it still stands, though. If, as a Rogue, you find yourself shooting mobs more than you are sneaking up on them and ambushing, backstabbing, sapping, etc. them, then it's time to reroll.
I have a question.....
Do they alow rogues to create and apply poisons in this game as they do in many other fantasy style RPGs? It would then make sense to use either a poison arrow or a poisoned throwing dagger as a DOT attack when pulling.
ROLEPLAYERS UNITE!!!!!
Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.
I know at some point you can get, and apply poisons to weapons, though I haven't reached that point yet, though I'm guessing they can only apply it to their actual in hand weapons, and not ranged ones.