After playing on and off for several years, I finally motivated myself to take a character to 80. I started fresh on a new server and pretty much quested my way through nonstop, with the exception of one visit to Ramparts in Outland. The levels seemed to fly by and at this point there are still 3 WoLK zones that I’ve essentially never set foot in (Sholazar, Icecrown, Storm Peaks) so obviously I have a lot of exploring left to do. Even Wintergrasp has just been reading material for me so far. I went with a Hemo setup almost all the way and have never had a problem soloing, for the most part using quested/crafted gear.
With leveling done for now, I find myself wanting to do some 5 man’s to get grouping experience, learn tactics, etc… I have completed Utgarde Keep, Violet Hold, Nexus, and Halls of Lightning on regular and was about 15 seconds from completing Oculus regular (died on last boss, rest of the group got credit). On the advice of another, I installed Recount to see what my dps actually was since I’d never really known. All I knew was that I had no problems killing what I want, when I needed to, to finish my quests. What I see is pretty consistently 1k-1.2k depending on the dungeon. It was definitely a shock after hearing people talk about double that, triple or more. I’ve been hesitant to respect because I love Sub so much, but I know it's needed at this point, and with dual-spec coming up I think I’m ready to experiment.
I’ve read the forums here for a long time, taken bits and pieces, and just tried to find what worked for me. Honestly, all the spreadsheets, formulas, and widely varied opinions on what stats are most important make my head spin. I was minutes away from going combat last night until reading another post trashing it.
Yes, I know I don’t have an end game pve build now and I’m aware that my gear is laughable to many. I’m trying to learn and work on it, honest. I remain guildless at this point and with children, etc… I will probably never have the time to commit regularly to a raid focused guild. What I would like, is to be able to continue to explore, finish the Northrend regular dungeons and work my way to gearing for, and being valuable in heroics. I’m not sure gear/stat/dps wise of what is expected of a rogue at this point. I’m torn between combat and mutilate, especially with 3.1 coming. I guess right now, I’m overwhelmed with choices and information and could use some constructive criticism on what to work on first.
Thanks for reading, and in advance for any wisdom you might impart.
Armory Link for your amusement: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Terokkar&n=Viri
Viri - Terokkar
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Edit 03/25/09:
Bought mats (Ice Striker's Cloak, Trollwoven Spaulders & Girdle, Titansteel Shanker) Total cost to make all, mats and tips, 1500g. Looks like a nice start.
No Paper Cutters to be found at the moment, only Stickers and I assume I want fastest possible OH.
Will be respeccing Mutilate later tonight to start testing rotation.
Edited, Mar 25th 2009 7:50pm by Digadiga