Quote:It should be illegal to AoE as a rogue.
After doing less damage than even the tanks in all but one instance run (and in the one case the warrior was probably playing too tentatively) since 3.0 due to having zero AoE capability as Mutilate spec, I very much hate that this statement was made. Fan of Knives better be something special, because if this whole "just AoE everything" playing comes up again it's not going to stay fun for very long.
If I had to pick a talent/skill, it'd be Focused Attacks. It's very hard to quantify it, though, as 2 energy here and there doesn't immediately translate to a new Mutilate. Honestly, though, the best stuff for Rogues were all mechanics changes, not new talents. Envenom, Anesthetic poison being boosted to viability. Poison damage scaling. Energy regen changes.
Trade yourself in for the perfect one. No one needs to know that you feel you've been ruined!