Since I now have a level 70 hunter I've decided to work on my level 38 rogue for a while. I realized that I was tired of just working for money and I wasn't impressed with the idea of achiving exhalted rank with the various factions. Not to mention grinding for the dailies as well. That doesn't mean I will have stopped playing her at all, just going to put her on vacation for a bit.

Back to my poor rogue though. One of the things a rogue can do is pick pockets and open locked boxes. The problem is finding enough boxes to unlock. Worn lockboxes seem to be my mainstay at the moment, but they are green to me which means that at a certain point I'll have them go gray. Going gray will keep me from skilling up farther till either I level up and take on higher level humanoids or start getting more lock boxes at my current level, which is a laugh. The only way now is to pick the pockets of these mobs.

I'm getting closer to being able to use a dagger called Gut Ripper which is a purple 40th level dagger. I've been carrying that dagger since it dropped off a mob months ago. It's a pretty good dagger with high damage output. None of my characters have purple level items unless I grind for them. The thought of doing that gives me an ill feeling.

I've realized that unless I get my stats up to a point where I have a fair chance at PvP combat in the various arenas that I might as well forget doing that. I don't think I can kill fast enough before I'm undead meat myself. Since rogues are based on stealth and backstabbing their victims, unless they have a high dodge and parry rate they are going to have problems killing. At least I think so, then again I probably have a wimpy rogue. I can usually take on no more then two mobs, with three being very hard to acomplish.

Another thought is with my crafting skills. I have leather working and skinning. That works hand in glove so isn't bad. What's bad is not having enough money to work the leather skill, unless I sell what I garner from skinning. That's the same as grinding away for status. These different leathers stack in 20 each, so you get one piece per kill. You see what i mean. The only other alternative is to use my hunter to feed my lower ranking alts so they can get enough mney to work on the skills. What a choice.

Well back to leveling my rogue so he can use that pretty dagger.