Introduction
First thing i want to say is, this guide is a suggestion. Currently this guide will only follow up to ROGUE. Assasin and hunter will not be covered yet, but they will be in an update that will be out soon. This guide is meant as two things. One is to get you familiar with the character and allow you to know everything that is possible with the rogue. The other is to bring together alot of stuff that has already been said in these forums, but are chopped up into little parts from different people. So lets get started shall we. Also if you want to leave karma you can, if not no big deal. Im not worried about all that. So have said all that, lets get on with it.
What does it mean to play Rogue.
ah the Rogue, fond memories indeed come from the name Rogue. For many more people than just I, the Rogue symbolizes everything that playing an RPG should be. From early years of Dungeons and Dragons (before AD&D) And also onto to modern day games such as WoW. The Rogue stands for individuality, that certain sense of im going to do whatever the heck i want, be it good, bad, or nuetral. Rogue's also have other aliases. The ninja for instance, the more common association for a Rogue to have. Sly, Cunning, and Witty to boot (who woulda thought that such sloppy killers of the real world would become such silent killers in the fantasy world). Alas we move on, the Theif, more often used in such games as Baldurs Gate, and games such as Final Fantasy Tactics. To steal is to live, sayeth the Theif. From a game standpoint rather than a philosophical one though, they are generally viewed as the main source of Damage Output Over Time (DOOT more commonly refered to as DPS (Damage Per Second)). They have the quickest attacks with the least amount of recoil. If you want to throw defense to the wind run practically naked into a mob and kill 16 people in a flash, say hello to the Rogue. Bottom line, Rogues are not a class. Rogues are the ultimately the player's esscence in the game, Rogues become the player, Not the other way around.
Things you should know at the Beginning
so you are starting your rogue and your in the middle of town and your thinking.....oh no, i have no idea what to do. Last chaos is so unfocused that alot of the time it is very overwhelming in the beginning. So lets get you some direction. Ok lets go over alot of things that get overlooked and some things that alot of people dont really know. When you start out in this guide your gonna go kill alot of monster's with absolutely no though to much of anything else on the way. So you are gonna miss alot of things. Though while alot of people in this game are helpful and dont call people newbs alot. The new people are afraid of being called newbs so much that they refrain from asking any questions whatsoever. So talkin about stat points. Where the heck am i supposed to put them you ask. Well lets first explain exactly what each stat point gives you shall we. But first real quick lets see what each attribute does shall we.
Rogue as a class in this game specifically
A Rogue in Last Chaos is a Damage Per Second machine like in most other Massive Multiplayer Role-Playing Games. They are the fastest leveling characters in the game when put in the hands of an adept player. Though put into the hands of a begginer that is starting into MMO's they will be turned to dust in second's. The Strength's of a Rogue is that they can be very fast in this game, both during movement and battle. A rogue can usually get at least 2 hits in while his opponent gets 1. Also if needed a rogue can run from most players due to certain abilities that i will list later on. Some say that the Rogue is the best character for PVP. Others say they are junk, some say it depends on the situation. That is why i remind you this is a loose guideline to the rogue.
Equipment
There is'nt really a whole lot to say about equipment. But i do have a few things. Firstly always purchase the next equipment up, unless f course your dont have the money. Or your current bonuses (such as the + modifiers you get for upgrading them) are better, then you can hold off. It gets very pricey to upgrade equipment later on in the 20's and higher. Supposedly when upgrading weapons and armor, you have a 30% chance of succeding. Though i have found this to be bullcrap because i have succesfully failed like 7 times in a row.....so im not sure, it was really a scientific analysis. Just seems fishy to me. There is several ways to upgrade your equipment though. The first way is to use a smelting stone on them. You can get smelting stones by taking unused equipment that you most likely will pick up during your grinding sessions. You take this equipment to the transmuter. Then you have to pay a specific price based on the piece of equipment. This will produce a smelting stone of the same level, weapons will produce two smelting stones and armor produces one. You must have a smelting stone of equal or higher level of the equipment you want to upgrade to be able to do so. Everytime you succesfully upgrade a piece of equipment it gets a +1 modifier. This will usually add a small amount of attack power. But be careful though. The first three levels that you try to upgrade will be safe, if you fail it just fails nothing bad happens. But after the +3 marker watch out. If you fail from now on you may as well kiss your weapon goodbye.....(sometimes the modifier just goes down by -1 but very rarely, you usually lose the weapon for good.). that is where heaven stones and Extreme stones come in. Heaven stones have a higher chance of sucess. Though there is word that it is a 50% chance as opposed to the 30% that you have with smelting stones i still have yet to see a heaven stone work for me.....maybe just bad luck though i guess. heaven stones are not that hard to get, but at the same time they cost around 300k from other players give or take 1-200k here and there. You will very well come across more than a few in your journey's but due to the high asking price, i suggest you sell them. Its much more apealing to the rogue to get better equipment when the time comes than to be able to have a 1/2 chance to break his weapon if you know what i mean. Then comes extreme stones. These things are rare, and i have never seen one (meaning ive never seen the icon of one, one on the ground, or anyone selling one.) they can sell for outrageous amounts. They give you a 100% chance to upgrade a piece of equipment sucesfully. So usually people will luck there way up to +9 with smelting stones and heaven stones, and then buy an extreme stone for that last +1. Anyway most of the time with your rogue you will want to run around with a crossbow....probably the whole way up to level 31 until your class change. Also if your a hunter you will want to keep the crossbow. The reason for using a crossbow as a rogue for this guide is because you cut out alot of time running back and forth to the mobs. If you have to run 2 seconds between mobs and you kill 3000 mobs (trust me you will be killing A LOT MORE THAN THIS!!!.) then thats 6000 seconds in your grinding day that you werent killing something.....which translates into into 1 hour and 40 minutes more that you have to grind. So you can either shave that 2 hours off or you deal with it because you want the knife that bad....the whole way up to 31 the knife doesnt have enough power to be worth 2 hours anyway, you will not kill things faster with the knife during this guide. Also for best success with this guide and in general always try to have your current weapon at +4 or higher. If thats not possible due to money constraints or other reason it is ok to do it with +3 or lower, just might take a little longer. (i did it with a +3 weapon just so you know). Now on to the equipment shall we.
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