When they released the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in 4E, they added four major things: Drow and Genasi races, Swordmage class, and Dark Pact Warlock build. We're already getting Drow, and it sounds like we may be getting Warlocks. I'd love to see Swordmages, personally. Their swashbuckling flavor really fit with the…
I'm developing a theory that "rouge" is a super-secret sub-class of rogues. It's unclear whether rouge is a base class or a paragon path. Perhaps particularly unskilled or illiterate rogues get the option to multiclass into rouge. I'm still working on indicators to identify this subspecies (ie, a rogue standing still and…
Short version: Play to your strengths and their weaknesses. This goes for any class. As a rogue, you're what a friend of mine calls a "glass cannon"-- you do a lot of damage, but you're squishy if you get hit. If you're standing in front of another player in PVP, without stealth, doing a melee attack that doesn't daze…
Clearly you don't know much about D&D 4th edition (which NWO is based on). They're called CONTROL Wizards for a reason. D&D has four "roles" for classes: Defender (ie, Guardian Fighter), Leader (Cleric), Striker (Rogue and GWF), and Controller (wizard). The entire point of a controller class is CC and AOE abilities. They…
I'm kind of enjoying the multilingual aspect (I'm learning a smattering of Polish, brushing up on my French, etc), but it is a barrier in PUGs and such. The only other MMO I played that had a significant (okay, overwhelmingly large) number of non-English-speaking players was Final Fantasy XI, where there were a ton of…
"Durned poncy elves and their fancy armor! Dog, go fetch my good old-fashioned plate and its sweat-stained underpadding and... wait, this is kinda silky. Nevermind."