Check out the updates VitaminC made to RogueCrap. Some are listed as a Work in Progress but definitly some interesting math for the Raiding Rogue. Very Good Read!

The new priest changes have been revealed. Check out the Talent Calculator and posts on the changes. Learn them and if you get a chance kill some priests when the test realms come up and report back!

~CS

Well I got back from Vacation on Sunday night at about 12:05 AM (ok officially monday) into Orlando (MCO) from Baltimore (BWI). Went Snowboarding all day Saturday and now I cant MOVE! The good thing is im definitly getting better... the bad... i wiped hard a couple of times. Oh well at least I dont live up there... freaking 12 degrees in the morning... are you freaking kidding me. I had 2 pair of pants on. WTF Folks?

Anyway Im back in Otown and stopping by a pool on the way home from work to meet up with a couple of chicks who are laying out in Bikini's! All you northern folks can stick that in your pipe and smoke it!

/Vanish

~CS

I stumbled across this jewel in the WoW Rogue Forums. Normally I am very supportive of Rogues in general. But not when they cry for buffs or nerfs while playing at 50% of their playing potential.

To Sum up the post hes sad that he got killed by a hunter 14 levels below him. Regaurdless of the fact... and he realizes this... that he forgot to do some key things that should have been no brainers.

1) I got the jump, but even then I was out of stealth (engaged in combat).
2) No poisons on my weapon, I had failed to apply poisons, not needing them beforehand.
3) I had the dumb idea of trying to kill a hunter in the first place, regardless of level.

I fight hunters everyday, I fight mages everyday and im happy to say that I come out on top more often then not. Rogues as a class have no room to gripe or scream for another class's nerfs. After almost every other class has been buffed (i think they just nerfed pallies) I can still defeat almost every matchup.

Talents play a huge part in how hard a class is to defeat. Hunters, Mages and Warriors specfically can make talent choices that make them extremely difficult.

Granted I have rediculous burst dps with 120 energy seal fate dagger build and a Perditions. But if I am careless all the gear in the world will not make up for lack of preparation.

Thats right preparation is not just a 21 point talent in our sub tree... it is the difference between winning and losing matchups. Im talking about anything. Duels / BG PvP / World PvP etc...

Heres a good excersize for this Rogue and others that share his mentality.

1) Observe your target
- Whats his pattern, whats he doing.
- Does he have friends close by.
2) Prepare for your fight
- Poison Up!
- Check key trinkets. (Barov Peasant Caller used after a mages Frost nova really pisses em off!)
3) Approach Target
- Wait for them to use a key cooldown.
- Fight them at a choke point in the landscape or where you can use the environment to your advantage. (Ive actually beaten hunters kiting me by forcing them to come around a corner to LoS me and blinding them)
4) Kill Target
- Keep your visibility up. If you stun spin your view and check for approaching enemies ... etc.
- Get away. Dont stick around making it easy for his friends to find you. They want retribution... dont allow it.
5) If you Lose
- Sit back and check your cooldowns what could you have done differently. If theres something you could have done better. Practice Practice. Dont go straight to the forums.

~CS

Check out the Discussion for this Topic here.

There is a mini patch today. I haven't got a chance to find out what is in this patch but you can download it from FileFront by clicking the link in the title of this post.

In our other top story today... I am moved in to my apartment in Orlando and loving the extra speed from this connection. I also found a setting on my router under QoS Services that dropped my ping in wow from 300+ to sub 100. Granted I am using a Wireless connection but the drop in latency was significant.

Good stuff all around!

~Cerias Shadows