The Rogue was made to solo. Most of their skills don’t benefit Exp Parties & some may appear useless at first glance. In both PvP & jobbing your object will be the same. Kill Players as quickly as feasible. IMO rogues are the best thieves but they can do any job. Thieving though is where their skills stand out.
Know your weaknesses and grow stronger from them…stay out of range of warriors and your prey until you are prepared to strike.
Stealth is your master piece. You can move amongst your enemies without ever revealing your presence. One time you cast stealth you’ll see a great drop in moving speed, The Dagger tree has skills that can make you a bit faster but not by a lot. The Stealth skill has about a twenty sec icy down & at level one last 60 seconds. You can recast it anytime after the icy down & the 60 sec will begin over. If SRO is lagging or your comply is lagging then you might be visible for a millisecond while recasting. It’s unfortunate when this happens but such is life. Dagger Rogues have a skill that increases the damage done while in stealth. One time you assault your Stealth goes away so let’s use our brain here. The first skill you use in stealth ought to be a phy assault skill some off you might accidentally use the poison imbue but try to get out the habit. Let’s summarize using Stealth.
Poison is as poison does. It does DoT but not impressive when ppl are using pills. With Euro’s however & the pot delay someone without pills can basically die from poison damage. Poison is not useless though think of it like having a pet only better because the damage ignores defenses. So use it every time you may cause a small damage goes a long way.
Mask, Scorn, & Duplicate are skills used solely for confusion & temporary confusion at that. In Cape Battles making a duplicate of a non caped person will cause ppl to be unable to normal click assault you. So they will probably ignore you. But in the event that they alt-click you then they can assault you & you can only assault them by Alt-clicking. In job wars make a duplicate of a trader or a hunter. It makes confuse ppl only for a sec because it won’t modify your thief icon but that second is long to get close to your target & finish them if you’re lovely.
Scorn is useful because for three seconds the person you assault with it can only use skills on you. Cast it on Clerics or Bards first or on any other class if you’re Thieving with others in case your team mates are getting hurt by someone.
Monster mask are the same way. You can only assault players with an Alt-Click & can only be attacked with an Alt-Click though you will take splash damage. If you’re thieving ppl surrounded by monster turn in two of them & sneak up close for the kill.
Using these skills foolishly can be fun. But using them wisely & carefully & you can devastate your enemies & leave them cursing & crying.