It shouldn't come as any surprise to Rogues that our PvE DPS is currently not competitive with other pure DPS classes, and even many hybrid classes. In the best cases rogues are middle of the pack DPS and in worst cases are bottom of the pack, but this blog isn't about QQing over the state of rogues; it's about identifying the problems and looking at possible solutions.
This post is going to outline the primary causes of Rogue under performance and I'll go into greater detail with math and charts proving the points. For those of you that might question my roguehood you can check me out on the armory. I've cleared all TBC content and all of the current Wrath content. My DPS has always been within a percent or two of what the Rogue Spread Sheet reported DPS.
The Rogue Restrictions - The core rogue mechanics (combo points, energy, SnD, etc) are extremly restrictive and only allow the rogue to perform at peak efficency on a very small number of fights. All classes suffer from class mechanice restrictions, but no other class suffers as badly or as frequently as rogues do.
The Energy Factor - Energy was probably the single most overpowered class mechanic when the original WoW was released. The power of energy changed to balanced in TBC, but it has now become underpowered in Wrath. Energy, and energy gained per second, has remained a realative constant since the original release of WoW. The problem lies in the fact that as talent trees expanded for the other classes they have gained new ways to turn their resource into damage and that has caused energy to be devauled over time.
Poisons - Poisons are what the developers used to balance out rogue DPS, but the changes to poisons have ended up causing more harm than good. Poisons are going to have to be reworked if the rogue class has any hope of ever being balanced out.
Gear Scaling and the PPM Changes - Everyone is used to rogues being the "kings" of gear scaling. That is old news however because as of right now Rogues, and Enh Shaman, face some of the worst gear scaling issues in the game.
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