Hi Guys,
My question is about what trade-offs, if any, a rogue specced for combat swords should make when allocating talent points in order to be a more effective contributor for CC in 5-man instances. I followed the Osiris model for combat swords (20/41/0), and have found I periodically get caught by lvl 70-71 trash mobs while sapping one of their neighbors, even while using distract. Obviously that then screws up the pull for everyone else, etc.
My inclination was to take a point or 2 out of assassination and into subtlety, but that will (at least marginally) hurt my dps output. I obviously wouldn't do it for raiding-- and I haven't progressed that far yet anyway-- but I'm wondering if the reduction in dps is balanced by the improved cc in the context of a small group?
The best solution would be for me to be less clumsy with distract and sap :-), so I'm going to remove the breakable gear and practice some solo sapping in some of the lvl 70 instances...but just wondered whether any of you had faced a similar situation and how you resolved it. Thanks!
(quick disclaimer-- I know there was a thread just posted by Tyrandor about sapping rogues in pvp and a useful macro suggestion posted in response...that may answer this question in which case my apologies for the double-post, and perhaps this thread could be merged into the earlier one...)