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  • 0. Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:09:13 PDT
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Gearing up your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond

Disclaimer: Thanks for WoWhead and Shadowpanther.net for helping me greatly in compiling this gear list. Credit to those very useful sites. However, I felt it would be more accessible in a list like this rather than a table etc, and a more human outlook on what to get when. I will be listing easily obtainable blues followed by farmable blues followed by epics most of the time. That should see you from 70 to Magtheridon’s Lair farming, I didn’t include any SSC and beyond drops in here because it’s fairly far on and you should know what you’re doing by then anyway.

First of all, items of each type are listed in order of strength for raiding, with most rubbish ones missed out. These, however, are not necessarily contingent with the difficulty of acquiring the aforementioned item. For example, Hourglass of the Unraveller is significantly better than the stupid exalted crappy trinket rubbish that they just released, but doesn't require a silly rep grind.


Some people will prefer certain stats, obviously this is my opinion and not definitive. However, some things are just better than others, no matter which way you slice it. Sorry :D

Having spoken to a lot of rogues and suchlike I feel that starting off stacking hit over crit over AP is the best raid DPS method, while keeping your HP up to a safe level (whatever you feel that may be and how much you trust yourself on potions/healthstone use). Emphasising one stat has diminishing returns for sure, so just do what you feel. These are above all guidelines for the bewildered 70 rogue with a load of quest reward greens, or the blue-geared kara rogue wondering what to do when they’re not raiding.

As for myself, I’ve done Gruul and Mag and cleared Kara. I still need a fair few of the drops, wish me luck :)


A note about socketing: If you really want to top the DPS meters, you will need to hit between 200 and 308 hit rating (with 2/2 weapon expertise) as soon as possible. +8 hit gems (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24051) are great for this, and remember that often the set bonus isn't worth having to use different gems (good example is the assassination tunic, where you could have 24 hit rating and no 4 dodge bonus). For red sockets, 4hit/4agility gems are great though http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24061, or the hit/AP ones.

Weapons
Enchants: Mongoose on everything you can, it’s the best main hand and offhand enchantand it looks badass. Put 15 agility on offhands you don’t want to put mongoose on. Crusader, 15 agility (or 7 weapon damage for backstabbing maybe) in the main hand until you get a fair mongoose weapon.

The “only” raid specs are 41/20/0 mutilate, 15/41/5 combat daggers and combat swords/fists/lollermaces with something like 17/44/0. Your weapon makes a very large difference to your DPS so it’s your primary focus. I would start off with the high warlord weapons or a 70DPS blue drop from one of the many instances that drop them.

An example of a pure raiding swords build would be this:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=f0ebovZMIVb0VzxRGot

You have all of the major DPS talents, make sure you use deadly in the offhand (that's what you have vile poisons for, increasing the dmg, instant poisons does 0 dps increase once you have a 5 stack assuming windfury is in the main hand). 1/2 blade twisting is a filler but it helps the tank build aggro and hunters' steady shot do more damage.

There are a few things you can do to get a decent set straight after hitting 70:

Riftmaker
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29182

or The Night Blade
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31331 paired with

Warp Splinter’s Thorn
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28345 ,

Retainer’s Blade
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29125 or

Gladiator’s Shiv
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28310

makes a very powerful combat daggers pairing.

Blinkstrike
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31332 or

Vindicator’s Brand
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29124 paired with

Latro’s Shifting Sword
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28189 ,

Fireguard
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28425 (not recommended as it’s 1.6 but hey) or Gladiator’s OH sword is very strong for combat swords.

Drakefist Hammer
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28437 with Gladiator’s OH mace or shiv or Blackout Truncheon is decent for combat maces.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27901


Beyond that:
Moroes (second kara boss) drops a nice 1.8 dagger: Emerald Ripper http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28524

Big Bad Wolf (opera event, fourth kara boss) drops a nice 2.5 fist: Big Bad Wolf’s Paw http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28584

Juliet (also opera) drops a 1.6 dagger: Blade of the unrequited
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28572

Netherspite (seventh boss in Kara) drops a nice 2.7 sword that looks cool: Spiteblade http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28729

Prince Malchezeen (last/second last boss in Kara) drops a great 1.8 dagger: Malchezeen http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28768

Any gladiator weapon is very good too.

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  • 1. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:10:36 PDT
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A note about gladiator weapons: Getting a mainhand is more beneficial than an offhand, obviously. However, most rogues won’t want to wait over a month to get a decent main hand weapon and would rather get an 80/91DPS set to start farming Kara. With the weapons in there changed to 87+ DPS it makes more sense as a good offhand is often hard to come by.
I also highly recommend picking up the Shiv for a maces or fists build. It allows you to switch to daggers very very easily, and neither build gains much damage from mace/fist spec. It is also slightly faster so the extra potency procs mean more DPS for maces (although lower wep skill but hey) and similar to fists (5% offhand crit isn’t as good as you might think).


Helm

Ideal enchant: Glyph of Ferocity http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29192

First thing’s first, get the Stealther’s Helm of Second Sight from the quest in Shadowmoon Valley.
Alternatively pick up Helm of the Claw
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28182

Or the Darkguard Face Mask from Crypts.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27415

Skip the assassination helm, it’s pretty crap.

The Wastewalker helm drops from heroic Durnholde. 2 set bonus is very handy. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28224

Cobrascale Hood, crafted with Leatherworking, is the next step in the line if you have the $$. It’s a nice allround helm.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29502

Netherspite (Seventh Kara boss) drops this tasty helm http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28732

For 50 badges of justice, you can pick up this very-similar-to-tier-4 head piece. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32087

Prince Malchezaar (last or second last Kara boss) drops your tier 4 helm which is very nice for the 2 set bonus (easily obtainable with the Curator’s gloves)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29044

As an engineer you have access to the fabulous Deathblow X11 Goggles, which have better stats than tier 4 for DPS, but it's not a huge difference with more hit and far more stamina on the tier 4. The set bonus probably sways me in favour of the Netherblade but nontheless, these are a very solid item.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32478

High King Maulgar (boss before Gruul) drops the Malefic Mask of Shadows for you (or doesn’t :P)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28796

Necklace

Natasha’s Choker from a Blade’s Edge Mountains questline is a very nice start. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31695

As is the new JC neck, probably with two +4agi/+4hit gems in
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32508

Heroic Slave Pens drops Traitor’s Noose
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27546

and Heroic Underbog Bone Chain Necklace
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27779

Choker of Vile Intent for 25 badges is an absolute bargain if Attumen won’t drop for you, or you don’t think you’d win (or want to save DKP).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29381

Worgen Claw Necklace drops from Attumen, the easy first boss in Kara (should down him first night in as long as you brought two tanks and a priest or two for the trash), which (if you’re lucky) will drop and stay on your neck for a long time.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28509

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  • 2. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:11:24 PDT
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Shoulders
Ideal enchant: Scryer exalted enchant or Aldor exalted enchant
Otherwise: Scryer honoured enchant or Aldor honoured enchant

Talbuk Hide Spaulders are a nice start if you’re grinding at all in Nagrand. Revered is easy to get and they have very nice stats, although you may feel the lack of stamina on certain mobs or bosses. Be fast on the healthstone/potion.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29147

Mantle of Perenolde is the best set of blue shoulders, and available from Old Hillsbrad from level 66 or so onwards.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27434

Failing that, Sun-Gilded Shoulderpads from Black Morass
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27995

and Assassination Shoulders from Sethekk Halls
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27776
are both passable.

The Chess Event (farmable once Curator is downed in Karazhan, assuming the group doesn’t mind clearing a fair bit of trash) has some very nice shoulders which you should grab when you can. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28755

Your tier 4 shoulders drop from High King Maulgar in Gruul’s Lair. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29047

Chestpiece
Ideal enchant: +6 stats http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=27960
Otherwise: 150 health and to a lesser extent 8 stamina armour kit

Protectorate Assassin’s Tunic is a very, very nice green chest to start off your level 70 career with. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30328

Chestguard of the Dark Stalker is usually available from the auction house for a low price these days, as it’s very common. I wouldn’t bother with farming the assassination tunic (Mechanar) as this is so readily available and you’ll spend a fortune on decent gems anyway.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31295

Hauberk of the Karabor from the SMV questline is a very solid blue chest. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30933

Heroic Ramparts drops Chestguard of the Prowler, which is a great item. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27461

In Heroic Blood Furnace you can get the Wastewalker Tunic, and if you can get the 2 set bonus it’s amazing.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28264

Unfortunately the first decent epic chest is from Nightbane, although it is the very nice Chestguard of the Conniver.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28601

The BoP LW Primalstrike Vest fits in here, and is really the only reason you’d take leatherworking as it stands.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29525

Unfortunately it isn’t as good as your tier 4 chest, Netherblade Chestpiece (dropped from Magtheridon the Rubik’s Cube Monitor, usually attempted after Gruul).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29045

Waist

Firstly, if you’re a Scryer get Socrethar’s Girdle, it’s insanely good for a few quests. You won’t replace it for some time.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30372]

If you chose Aldor like myself, then there are fewer decent easy access options to you unless you’re a Leatherworker or run heroics a lot.

The Naaru Belt of Precision from the Arcatraz quest line is very nice, although if you’re low on stamina as it is you may regret the lack of this stat.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31464

There are a fair few BoE blues that fit the job for a while, so check the AH for rare belts 65+.

Eva’s Strap from the Cipher of Damnation questline is decent.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30936

From heroics there are a few standout belts:

Epoch’s Whispering Cinch[/url] from Durnholde
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27911

& Dunewind Sash from Underbog
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27760

are the two main ones to grab.

LW only Primalstrike Belt, (Socrethar's is just slightly worse probably, wtf blue quest reward vs nether/375 BoP item).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29526

Girdle of Treachery from the Chess Event in Kara is the next step up http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28750

Heroic Black Morass drops Girdle of the Deathdealer, one of the best belts in the game. Unfortunately it isn’t as easy as a lot of heroics and most people won’t PuG it. WTB friends! http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29247

Gruul drops Gronn-Stitched Girdle, which is slightly better or comparable with the above (depending on how much Hit/Crit you lack etc).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28828

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  • 3. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:12:03 PDT
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Legs
Ideal Enchant: Nethercobra Leg Armour for your uber epics.
Otherwise: Cobrahide Leg Armour
Failing even that: Clefthoof Leg Armour
(don’t waste the nethercleft for raiding unless you really lack stamina)
+8 Stamina patch if you’re really cheap or they’re filler legs.

Nomad’s Leggings from Consort Revered is a good first set.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29116

However, with Fel Leather Leggings being craftable from a Consortium Revered LWer I would pick these up over pretty much any blue any day of the week, as long as I’m not stamina hungry.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25687

A great alternative is the Assassination Legs from Murmur in Shadow Labs, as you’ll be going there anyway for Kara attunement.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27908

Heroic Slave Pens drops Midnight Legguards, and thanks the last patch rogues no longer suck ass on Quagmirran. People are always going there for the imba trinket and suchlike too so you should be able to get a group fairly easily.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30538

Skulker’s Greaves from Netherspite in Kara in the next step. He’s fairly taxing compared with Aran/Illhoof now so expect some work if your guild hasn’t downed him yet.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28741

Tier 4 from Gruul ;D Not a huge upgrade from the previous but worth it if you can. You’ll feel the extra stamina.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29046


Feet
Ideal enchant: Boar’s Speed if you don’t have 8% run speed elsewhere, Dexterity (12 agility) if you do
Otherwise: 8 Stamina LW patch, Surefooted (expensive) and 12 Stamina are all good

The Master’s Treads are a great world drop if you can bag them
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31288

Laj in the Botanica drops some nice boots to start off with too.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28339

Fel Leather Boots are the best blues for DPS if you don’t lack stamina or feel you don’t need it (? :D)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25686]

Crypts heroic also drops some nice boots, Boots of the Unjust.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27867

Rapscallion boots from Shade of Aran are the next call,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28669

The new craftable boots are a very nice pair to secure if you don't have Moroes' ones or prefer the stat allocation. However, they're not cheap by any means.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30039

However…
Moroes, defeated much earlier, drops the best boots you’ll see for ages. Edgewalker Longboots (light shines from the heavens).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28545

Wrist
Ideal enchant:
Assault aka 24 AP
Otherwise: What? You can’t afford 6 Arcane Dust? Just get an enchanter friend to shard a couple of crappy greens.

Spymistress’s Wristguards from Shadow Labs quest reward are really good, and it’s probably not worth going out of your way to replace them until epics in my opinion.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28171

Heroic Slave Pens drops Shackles of Quagmirran (you’ll *love* this instance once you’ve farmed it for your legs and suchlike for ages ;p)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27712

Leatherworkers get the fairly alright Primalstrike Bracers.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29527

Old Hillsbrad heroic drops Nightfall Wristguards
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29246

The Maiden of Virtue drops these bad boys: Bracers of Maliciousness
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28514

And Ogri'la exalted will net you some nice Shard-Bound bracers, although it takes a long, long time. Stick a 4agi/6stam or 8 hit rating gem in.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32647

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  • 4. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:12:35 PDT
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Hands
Ideal enchant
: 15 Agility
Otherwise: Assault is much cheaper and similar, only 15 agi something if you’re gonna stick with them for a long time or are minted.
8 Stamina patch is probably the cheapest but you're a pikey if you go for this over 26 AP.

The Fel Leather Gloves are a good start, and usually very cheap from people skilling LW.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25685

However, Wastewalker Gloves from Shattered Halls socketed and with the two set bonus are very nice, so if you’re going to run heroics keep these in the bank in case one of the items turns up.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27531

The Assassination gloves are too good to pass up though, so run Black Morass til they drop (and the hourglass, offhand sword and shoulders drop for you too, if you fancy. I only got all the drops halfway through revered while I was grinding for Riftmaker after I hit 70) and use them until something purple and shiney drops for you.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27509

The Gladiator gloves are a decent upgrade from the Assassination ones, in my opinion. I haven’t been listing the other parts as they take a while to get. Personally I would always buy the offhand (sick DPS, can whack a good enchant on it) and then the gloves (near vital for PvP) in that order for PvE and PvP, unless you have a huge amount of patience waiting for MH points.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25834

Attumen (first kara boss) drops Gloves of Dexterous Manipulation.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28506

BoE epic recipe Cobrascale Gloves are very nice to get crafted if you have the cash or mats and mates
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29503

Grips of Deftness drop off trash in kara. Take them if they drop, you can’t rely on it though.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30644

Tier 4 gloves from Curator are very nice since the patch. Use em.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29048

Magtheridon drops the very underwhelming Liar’s Tongue Gloves, they’re nice for PvP if you stam-socket them assuming you don’t have glad gloves but personally I would save my DKP on this. Tier 4 is infinitely easier to get and very, very similar (slightly better in my opinion, not in others’) with a set bonus to boot.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28776

Rings
If you’re an enchanter put +2 weapon damage on them.
Longstrider’s Loop from Mana Tombs is a nice ring to pick up early in the leveling process.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25962

The Aldor quest reward ring Kaylaan’s Signet is great too,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30860

and the Aldor Revered ring Lightwarden’s Band fills in some much needed stamina as well as being a fairly good DPS ring.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29128

Band of the Exorcist] is a really nice PvP ring that also owns in PvE for a while, so I highly recommend picking it up anyway for 50 Spirit Shards from farming Auch instances while the buff is up for your faction.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28553

Ravenclaw Band] from Sethekk Halls is a superb blue ring that will last for ages on one of your fingers.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27925

25 Badges gets you Ring of Arathi Warlords[/url]. It’s a fairly nice ring but personally I wouldn’t spend my badges on it. Pick it up if you need crit badly or your rings suck and you don’t want to get the others.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29379

The Kara rep rings are superb worst (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29280) to best(http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29283), make sure you keep yours equipped until you get two very nice replacements. Kara has two great drop rings too.

The Curator drops Garona’s Signet Ring. Personally I prefer the exalted Violet ring to this one but it’s up to you.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28649

Prince Malchezaar sports the brilliant Ring of a Thousand Marks.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28757

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  • 5. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:13:09 PDT
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Trinkets
You will probably still be using Bladefist’s Breadth at 70, it’s really that good.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28041

Core of Ar’kelos is great too, use both until you get something better from an instance.. I prefer equal crit itemisation over AP most of the time, although the activate lasts 5 seconds longer, so when an alternative presents itself have a think about it. Green items also convey less respect so ^^
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29776

If you still have a Drake Fang Talisman from Blackwing Lair use it above these, but you probably knew that anyway.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=19406

Ogri’la revered has the great Crystalforged Trinket (especially for backstab spammers).
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32654

Skyguard exalted (not worth it but hey) Skyguard Silver Cross is nice for the crit it provides, if you feel you’re lacking in that area. The proc is the stupidest proc ever made. Compare it with Hourglass and you’ll just cry after your rep grind.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32770

Hourglass of the Unraveller is one of the most overpowered blue items in the game (and I think needs a serious rebalance, personally). It has a hidden cooldown but 300 AP proc (it still goes off a lot) and 32 crit rating secures it a place above any other blue and a fair few epics.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28034

Abacus of Violent Odds from Mechanar is a very solid trinket. You can stack some absurd attack speed with this, mongoose, slice and dice, blade flurry, haste potion and bloodlust. With combat potency you get a mini adrenaline rush from all the offhand hits.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28288

Bloodlust Brooch will boost your AP hugely, although it has no hit on. However, if you like to PvP a fair bit it’s still the best burst trinket in the game, for that CB muti on a kidney’d target or that adrenaline rush/snd/blade flurry/evasion on a warrior or druid. It's also very nice to use with blade flurry as they are both 2 minute cooldown, and 350 AP in a blade flurry is a huge amount of extra damage. The best pre-kara DPS trinket, twinned with Abacus you can laugh.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29383

Romulo’s Poison Vial from the R&J Opera Event in Kara post-buff is extremely good. Insane hit rating and a very solid proc on mobs that aren’t immune to it.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28579

Gruul’s Dragonspine Trophy is still the best trinket in the game by such a large amount it's stupid. If you need to spend all your DKP on it then do so, you won’t change it in the next year or so. Hmmmmmm.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28830

The Darkmoon Card: Crusade translates into a constant 120 AP buff over a long fight. I originally thought it only stacked to 60 and was therefore useless, but it's actually pretty good, better than the Hourglass depending on your current AP/hit/crit. If you have thousands of spare gold then go for it :)

Cloak
Ideal enchant: 12 agility http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=34004
Otherwise: Meh. Get 12 agility! Resistances are nice on resistance cloaks but that’s a different issue. Armour and –threat suck.

Delicate Green Poncho from a Nagrand Quest is really, really good. I would pick it up and keep it on until you can replace it with something sexy.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28032

Cloak of the Inciter from Shadow Labs is the next step up,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27892

or alternatively Crypts heroic will net you Auchenai Death Shroud.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27878

25 Badges can be traded in for a Blood Knight War Cloak. Not half bad.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29382

Vengeance Wrap is a craftable DPS machine, it’s very expensive but could be worth it. A 4agi/4hit gem will net you 6 hit rating and a rather large amount of crit and AP. No stamina will mean you might want to avoid spending a wad of G on it though, especially if you're in the Fel Leather set.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24259

Cloak of the Pit Stalker from Magtheridon is a great cloak, but unfortunately it has one weakness: It’s not the next two.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28777

Crystalweave Cloak is available through Blade's Edge quests (or more often on the AH for a ridiculously cheap 150 or less gold). It scales amazingly well with gear (only get it if you're combat) and is the best cloak before the Drape. Saucy.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32665

<<D R A P E (stupid filter) of the Dark Reavers>> from The Shade of Aran is absolutely absurd. It’s so good it hurts, get it at all costs, there isn’t a replacement before the Eye.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28672


Ranged Weapon
Straight up, get Mark V’s Throwing Star from an easy escort quest in Netherstorm and keep it equipped.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30227
(quest, definitely soloable : http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=10191)

Felsteel Whisper Knives
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29204

and Sethekk Feather-Darts
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27916

are all hunky dory but in my opinion this bad boy is a better allrounder and your starter DPS gear will lack stamina fo’ sho’. It certainly beats the darts hands down, FWK are a close call, they're better for DPS but they'll cost you a bit and you'll have to see about the stamina, with the Fel Leather set having 0 it's your call.

Consortium Blaster from Consortium Revered is also a good weapon to switch in for that extra stamina boost.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29115

The Gladiator’s War Edge is a great thing to have, if you can get it. However, getting a decent offhand and the gloves is probably higher on your priority list.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28319

Xavian Stiletto (thanks to whoever said) is good, although personally I would look long and hard at it compared with the Mark V's Throwing Star. It will put out some nice DPS but I like my hit and stamina too :)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28659

Thrallmar Exalted bow Marksman’s Bow is a very imbalanced PvE item. If you have the willpower to get it then go for it.
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29152

Chances are in Kara most ranged bows/guns/xbows will go to a hunter for obvious reasons, but Attumen drops a nice xbow, Big Bad Wolf drops a nice rifle and Prince Malch drops a good bow too. Quality is in that order, as you progress through Kara. Good luck on these, otherwise Thrallmar exalted is the best you’ll get).

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  • 6. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:13:43 PDT
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Editing all of the stuff as it seems the [url] thing doesn't work ><
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  • 9. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:20:12 PDT
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It looks promising :) Scrolling through it now.

Edit:

Reported.


For sticky ;)

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  • 10. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:20:32 PDT
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Working on it, I wasn't expecting the damn URL thing not to work, cluttering up the space I have massively :)
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  • 11. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:26:37 PDT
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It caused you a lot of work and you deserve a sticky for this =)

I of course got the first post but deleted it as I suddenly read "Please don't post until this is finished."

xD

'Rogues do it from behind.'
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  • 12. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:31:20 PDT
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Looks very good but you need to make it easier to read with spaces and bold topics etc.


Q u o t e:
Rouges are overpowdered.
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  • 13. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:45:46 PDT
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Very nice guide, and i'm glad to say i nearly have one of each part on your list

Brilliant work, gotta say im glad you're working on the layout :)

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  • 14. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:55:04 PDT
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Really nice guide!!! :) Tho i wont use it i think its nice that ppl do things for others :) GJ :P
On the otherhand theres rogues like me, we looove ap! Base dmg all the way. and many of the items ive used until i get what i have (and those i still have) are more ap concentrated than the +crit which in my opinion is way overrated and kinda unreliable. Just a pointer. Tho i guess that if ppl dont like the items in the guide shouldnt use it :P Anyway ehm cool :)
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  • 15. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 10:55:35 PDT
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Q u o t e:
Really nice guide!!! :) Tho i wont use it i think its nice that ppl do things for others :) GJ :P
On the otherhand theres rogues like me, we looove ap! Base dmg all the way. and many of the items ive used until i get what i have (and those i still have) are more ap concentrated than the +crit which in my opinion is way overrated and kinda unreliable. Just a pointer. Tho i guess that if ppl dont like the items in the guide shouldnt use it :P Anyway ehm cool :)


i don't like ap, i like stamina D:<

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  • 16. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 11:02:36 PDT
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I have to go party rather than spend the next hour changing the format, but don't worry, it will be done.

I understand why the [url] thing doesn't work: keylogging (and more importantly rickrolling, right?) I assume. However, it makes things difficult, and spending hours typing [ b ] [ / b ] and cutting all the stuff will have to happen in the future.

Sorry guys!
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  • 17. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 11:14:46 PDT
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Q u o t e:
I have to go party rather than spend the next hour changing the format, but don't worry, it will be done.

I understand why the [url] thing doesn't work: keylogging (and more importantly rickrolling, right?) I assume. However, it makes things difficult, and spending hours typing [ b ] [ / b ] and cutting all the stuff will have to happen in the future.

Sorry guys!


no problem mate :)
keep it up and have fun partying ;)
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  • Frostwhisper
  • 18. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 11:36:00 PDT
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Nice.

Could you please add the Engineering Goggles to the list though? Deathblow x-11 Goggles. I got them myself and they totally owns.

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http://www.taw.dkp4guilds.com/
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  • 19. Re: Gearing your rogue at 70: Kara and beyond   04-Jun-2007 11:43:56 PDT
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Very good post, But you forgot the chest, wrist and waist crafted from 375 Elemental Leather working, those are nice :)

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