Solo Rogue?

[Konirunner]

I know Rogues are not a high-end or high-efficiency soloer, just as they never were in EQ live. My question though is how feasible is it to solo (albeit slowly) as a rogue? They have always been a class that held a high degree of appeal for me, and as I play highly random hours and am forced to log off and random times, soloing seems like it may be a way of life for me. Any advice here would be highly appreciated.

 

[Chinghis]

I know Rogues are not a high-end or high-efficiency soloer, just as they never were in EQ live. My question though is how feasible is it to solo (albeit slowly) as a rogue? They have always been a class that held a high degree of appeal for me, and as I play highly random hours and am forced to log off and random times, soloing seems like it may be a way of life for me. Any advice here would be highly appreciated.

Heh, ditto, in terms of the play-style, and being attracted to Rogues. I used to think (on Live) that a weapon that proc'd a stun would be helpful - stun, jump over the MoB, turn, and backstab ... but, no, that never really worked out in practice. You earn experience here for lockpicking and other skills, right? Could that help in any significant degree?

 

[Salarus]

High end soloing as a rogue is pretty much a horrible idea, even with maxed bind wound, your exp will be redicuously slow. However, on this server you are allowed to 2 box, which makes things a little easier. As a rogue, early AA's I just duoed with a shaman, who would spam torpor on himself, dots on the mob, pet wailing on the mob, and the rouge would backstab, hit, hide when he got aggro. I highly recomend this setup if you are capalbe, as you get stat buffs, haste, raw hp, a pet, dots, slows, and root from the shaman, which can work as minor CC. Anyways, good luck.

 

[Tryfaen]

My advice to you, if you cannot find others to play with either start 2boxing or reroll to another class.

Good Luck.

 

[futur3]

Solo rogue is a bad idea, even duo rogue is. Replace rogue with a monk, get a shaman and you're 100% better. If you want to play a rogue, get a group.

 

[Loxo]

With a 65 rogue from scratch (circa 2005), and a 55 rogue (v2.0 circa january) comparing it to say, pre-pop Live, rogue solo on this server is and has been less feasible imo, which puts it somewhere around rediculous or impossible without serious gear/buffs.

Before poisons were implemented, lvl 45 was as far as I got soloing. After poisons, and with a rediculous amount of gear/buffs, it's possible at 55 to solo as a rogue for pretty decent xp in some places. The stun poison line does work pretty well for backstab maneuvering if you're good at circling.

 

[phroggonalog]

On a side note: if you can hit Flitterwing for his clicky mez bag (@ level 17) that helps things IMMENSELY for a rogue. No joke. It made otherwise impossible spawns breakable, and gear/exp obtainable...up to a certain point, that is.