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03-18-2009, 08:32 AM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2009/03/legendary.jpgEvery Wednesday, Chase Christian (http://www.wowinsider.com/bloggers/chase-christian/) of Encrypted Text (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/encrypted-text/) invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we discuss why we're not seeing many changes in patch 3.1.

In a recent blue post (http://blue.mmo-champion.com/28/15671261973-rogues-fallen-so-far-so-fast.html) by everyone's favorite lead developer (http://wowinsider.com/tags/ghostcrawler), Ghostcrawler gave us a bit of insight into Blizzard's view on Rogue strength in PvP. One commenter brought up that "Rogues are fine, but DKs are simply insane," which is an argument that I've made. GC agrees, stating that "We like where rogues are in PvP in terms of damage and utility, but other classes are doing too well."

While I'm glad to hear that we won't be seeing any serious nerfs in some unreleased 3.1 notes, I'm also very concerned about how the rest of the community will handle this news. If Rogues are considered sub-par bby most players, and yet Blizzard is happy with their performance, this means that other classes will be trending towards our current performance instead of away from it. If there's one thing the WoW community has a hard time stomaching, it's nerfs. But we can all agree those Death Knights need it, right? Right!Continue reading Encrypted Text: Why patch 3.1 won't transform Rogues (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/18/encrypted-text-why-patch-3-1-won-t-transform-rogues/)

http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Encrypted Text: Why patch 3.1 won't transform Rogues (http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/03/18/encrypted-text-why-patch-3-1-won-t-transform-rogues/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).




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