3.0 /rantFollow

I went through and gave everyone a rate up in this thread to counter the person that was trolling.

I'd love to raid Mutilate and not get laughed at.

It'd be a novel feeling.

in my pants

Theo doesn't deserve respect. I rated your sorry kiss asses down.

I respect the fact he states his mind unabashedly and where there is actual information, it's right on-target. I don't agree with his delivery a lot of the time, but I can't do anything about that. He's a jerk but at least he's not duplicitous about it, doesn't hide behind any veneer. That's all I was pointing out and I doubt I'm alone in this view.

Personally, I rate up for accurate information and down for inaccurate; not because I "like" or "dislike" the poster. And I certain don't kiss ***. The rating system is only as good as those who use it and I'd rather new-comers to the site (like I was at one point) have the rating system be useful to them for evaluating advice and information rather than it being a gauge of who's the prettiest belle at the ball.

*edit: And I should point out that I have a great deal of respect for RPZip, Demea, MF and many other posters on this site for contributing to the conversations. Nobody is being forced to post their opinions/findings/musings/etc. We all post here for our own reasons and I've learned a ton from the conversations y'all have had. For that, I'm appreciative and that's why I started posting: to contribute.

Back to the topic:

Right now most raiding rogues I've spoken with are confident that Mutilate will be very popular, at least for 3.0. Let's hope and pray to the Blizzard over-lords that the current balance is close to what we get with release.

Edited, Sep 29th 2008 11:18am by TherionSaysWhat

It's amazing, but I actually like the people on this forum that aren't retards.

Not because they think I'm the next coming of Rogue Jesus (because all the smart posters here know I'm not), but because they actually know what the **** I'm talking about.

Nah, odds are it's Vulajin or Ippon.

I'm just an average guy that likes math.

It never ceases to amaze me that the most "respected" posters on the rogue forums are merely stating facts that anybody with the slightest inclination and a basic understanding of algebra could deduce by themselves.

Then again, you can lead a horse to water...

That's a blatant lie. I taught a horse how to fish once.

I guess we got the Combat buff that blue posters have been talking about lately. I'll leave the math to other people, because I would be ill suited for it. It looks like a sizeable buff to our yellow damage though (plus the buff to sinister strike could put a "normal" combat build back above combat shiv).

Those changes seem relatively minor compared to what I expected actually. My raid was thinking of having at least 1 combat and 1 muti.... these changes make me think we'll all just go muti and to hell with sword-swinging.

Of course, that could easily change in the next build.... so don't shard your Quickblades just yet. ;)

I was combat pretty much until I hit 70 when I went mutilate for a month or so.

It was so awesome, I swear it made losing fun.

Maybe put those two into blade twisting instead of lightning reflexes now that it increases SS damage by 5%/10%

Like neuah

Also, as far as raiding goes, unfair advantage doesn't seem the most useful thing in the world. It sounds great for solo pve, but if you're dodging attacks in a raid, bad things may be happening already. =)

It sounds strange, but maybe throwing specialization instead? Extra interrupts, but its on ranged attacks, so I don't know how good that is either. Heck, maybe improved kick? :P