Having looked at my PMs and the forums here and elsewhere, it seems to me that there are some common concerns that many people seem to be having about rogues at level 85. And while I don't claim to have all the answers, I do think some of the concerns are blown out of proportion, so I'd like to take a few minutes to try to inject some sanity into the discussion.

A major complaint that a lot of people seem to be having is that rogue DPS is, to put it bluntly, crap. And perhaps it...

• Aldriana

Background:

As this is my first blog on EJ I thought some background might be a good idea to frame my blogs, please feel free to skip this section if you would like to get to the meat and bones of this posting!

My main character is Protection Warrior named Verily, and I successfully lead a Guild called "Nevermore" on the EU-Silvermoon realm. I formed the Guild at the beginning of The Burning Crusade, and wrapped things up at the beginning of Cataclysm....

Tauftamir

Apologies if this reads a little wish-listy, was originally posted on the official forums before I decided to cross post here. Suggestions aside I feel it still highlights the current issues with Cat DPS.

I wanted to lay out the current issues I feel are affecting Feral PvE DPS. I know there are a couple of threads around already that cover some of these but I wanted to do it anyway, if only to get it off my chest. The perspective I’m typing from is that of a semi-casual 25 man...

Vaccine

The Balance Druid in Cataclysm is one of the most interesting and complex DPS classes ever put forth by Blizzard. People who don't play Balance often know very little about the class (among other reasons, because the mechanics are new and unique). And for people who do play Balance, it's often not obvious how to optimize your play. You often have you use your judgment, and a solid high-level understanding of the way the class works is important. This post is a basic analysis of the current Balance...

• Hamlet

First of all, thanks to everyone who gave me ideas, sorry I couldn't do all of them, but there was some seriously esoteric requests submitted.

Apologies for the delay in actually posting this, changing jobs etc! The data below is up to the start of April.

First of all, the most important stat.

Number of unique people who have messaged me asking why I think they're "awesome" = 971

Class Distribution.

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