Choosing the right alt

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Rogue is less soloable than hunter in my opinion.  They are also a bit more equipment dependent than hunter.  A hunter with crappy equipment can make it farther, easier than a rogue with crappy equipment because the hunter has a pet to mitigate damage taken and help with DPS too.  You will also be able to handle unexpected adds more easily for when you get trained out in the world.
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100% in agreement here. A rogue wears the "new" off of a dagger in 3-4 levels.

More specifically, I'd recommend a Beast Mastery hunter. Kicking up the DPS on your pet makes you even less gear dependent and having the pet armor and hit point talents gives you a lot more flexibility.

It's not quite as ignorable as a disc priest (I've actually hit renew/SW:P/shoot wand and gotten up and left the room before) but it's still pretty easy.