Hello fellow Rogues,
Let me first state that I'm not completely familiar with all the abilities of every class. Though it appears, to me, that rogues are the only class that relies on another player to actively and not passively perform an action every 30 seconds to maximize our dps and vice versa.
Focus magic- is 30 minutes so that is set and forget.
Dark intent- the new warlock ability is also 30 minutes.
I'm sure there are other spells that I either do not recall or never heard of atm.
Both of these spells last 30 minutes, proc from critical strikes from their normal rotations and do not require you to change target to activate like tricks of the trade does.
Also the mage/warlock can cast this spell on another class that casts spells and still benefit whereas rogues require another rogue to trade with to benefit. Not to say that those abilities do not require another caster to have sufficient crit and making use of whatever crit enhancing abilities they have at their disposal.
In 25 man raiding there most likely will be 2 or 3 rogues and they can all rotate their tricks. However in 10 man (which I intend to be doing) I'll most likely be the only rogue in the group. From personal experience my dps is noticeably lower when there is not another rogue in the raid. Also from my experience this puts a stress on the me to make sure I give my fellow raiding rogue the buff every 30 seconds. Instead of just being responsible for my own dps I now carry the burden of impacting his/her own dps. I'm tired of apologizing if i didn't use my tricks exactly at 30 seconds and did it at 35 sec so i could get off that next envenom.
Forgive me if there has been brought up before but i could not find a threat that dealt with this specific problem with tricks of the trade and if I am incorrect and that there are other classes that suffer from this unique predicament. I am always looking to learn more about the classes I play with in raid.
What are your thoughts on this mechanic? Is it fair that we rely on another specific player to buff us every 30 seconds. That a rogue requires specifically another rogue to boost his/her dps.
I know that tricks of the trade was designed and built for a threat transfer and boost to the tank. However, we all know after the initial pull and if there are no adds that we never recast that on the tank unless there's a threat wipe during the encounter.
Well anyway happy raiding!