Hi! I've been reading up on WoW rogues for a while now. While I don't currently play WoW, I'm planning on starting it up just after I get back from my honeymoon (One week from now), and I'm planning on starting off playing a dwarf Rogue.
To that end, I had a couple of questions I'd like to ask. I'll mainly be doing PvE, although I'll be playing on a PvP server, and am definitely interested in doing a bit of PvP as well. While I don't plan on ever being some super-powered mutant, I would like to be able to hold my own against others of similar levels.
So, I know that Combat Swords, as of right now, is the PvE build to use. However, I'm a lot more interested in using Daggers than swords... it fits in better with my idea of a rogue, and interests me more. The question I have is this; if I go Combat Daggers, how MUCH of a difference is that going to make in my ability to PvE? Am I going to be severely gimping myself in PvE, and also PvP by using that build?
How about if I use a Mut build? Would that be a better build for what I'm looking to do?
Also, keep in mind, that with an extremely busy lifestyle, I probably won't have a TON of time to dedicate to playing... meaning that getting to 70 is probably going to be an extremely long process for me. Does this fact change the build that I'd potentially want to use?
The other question I have is regarding profession. I know that most people advocated either taking two gathering professions to make money, taking Skinning/LW, or waiting until 70 and then picking up a proffesion. Obviously the waiting till 70 option is out for me. The profession I'm planning on taking is Herb/Alch; the reason being, I'm hoping that being able to make my own potions will help me to get along quicker without needing help from others. Being able to make my own healing pots seems like it would be EXTREMELY useful. I do have a friend that plays currently that can probably help me some with gold, so I'm not totally concerned about making money.
However, it seems like nobody ever even considers taking Herb/Alch as a rogue, so my other question is this. Is taking Herb/Alch a stupid idea, or will it work for what I'm hoping for?
Whew! That got a little long. Sorry if you think these questions are retarded and that I should read the rogue compendium (again). Thanks for any help/advice you can give!