If the system does not encourage fairness, it of course will be abused by selfish players. Your right about this and it is a 'game changer' as it can have a very negative impact on the game population.
This obsession you speak of does not ring well with me, since its just not the case. I can name at least 3 right off the top of my head where rogues are not OP. Such a subjective term, overpowered. Maybe your game experience isn't up to cuff yet? CW can own rogues! Or were you upset because you kept being outkilled by…