My role as a Rogue goes way farther than just "DPS" monkey. I don't fall into the stereotypical "Sinister Strike" Rogue, so for me, positioning AND aggro attention are both exceedingly critical to my playing. If someone other than the tank (even the off-tanki) draws aggro, it can SEVERELY cripple my playing if I don't respond (and if proper measures are not taken beforehand to allow me to maneuver about without needing to worry about aggro-switching screwing up my positioning).
Also, being a Rogue, I play much more than just a "DPS machine" role. Stealthy scouting, pre-combat crowd-control, and protecting the casters from break-away mobs, as well as taking down runners before they can attract too much attention are all roles I fill on a regular basis. You, as the Tank, are used to pulling mobs off of casters. But what happens when the casters are far away from you (and with good reason), and you'll end up pulling the mobs to them by chasing down a stray? That's where I come in, to provide quick dispensing of troublesome mobs, or tanking just long enough to draw the mob back to the main Tank without him having to come to me. And when an add comes along and beelines straight for the casters' behind, never entering close to where the main tank is? Yep, I'm right there beelining for the mob, to either kill it quickly or drag it to the Tank.
Rogues are a very fluid, tactical class. If you stop paying attention for even 30 seconds, you're dead. Period. THAT is what keeps me going. That is my "love" for this class. I haven't found that in any other class yet (in Beta, the Paladin gave me the Love - I thought I'd hate Rogues; now, I can hardly imagine playing anything BUT Rogues). I keep trying to give Hunters a chance, but I just can't seem to find the fun to give me the ambition to continue.
Anyway, that's my input.
Edit:
Now that I've finished reading your post, I've been sparked to add that, yes, if I'm not doing any of the above in groups, I do tend to get bored. But since I spend so much of my time solo, I can never get into the "group" classes because they're just too damn time-consuming and frustrating while soloing. I don't want an "easy" ride, but I don't want to be struggling uphill my entire career only to find out in the end that it never levels off. It depresses me that I don't enjoy the other classes, particularly a few that I think I would LOVE if not for the things that bother me so much.
I don't know. I just love my Rogue, and have difficulty finding anything else I enjoy more due to NOT being in groups much at all, and that bothers me - not getting to experience the "true" core of the game because I can never get far enough to enjoy it.
Also, being a Rogue, I play much more than just a "DPS machine" role. Stealthy scouting, pre-combat crowd-control, and protecting the casters from break-away mobs, as well as taking down runners before they can attract too much attention are all roles I fill on a regular basis. You, as the Tank, are used to pulling mobs off of casters. But what happens when the casters are far away from you (and with good reason), and you'll end up pulling the mobs to them by chasing down a stray? That's where I come in, to provide quick dispensing of troublesome mobs, or tanking just long enough to draw the mob back to the main Tank without him having to come to me. And when an add comes along and beelines straight for the casters' behind, never entering close to where the main tank is? Yep, I'm right there beelining for the mob, to either kill it quickly or drag it to the Tank.
Rogues are a very fluid, tactical class. If you stop paying attention for even 30 seconds, you're dead. Period. THAT is what keeps me going. That is my "love" for this class. I haven't found that in any other class yet (in Beta, the Paladin gave me the Love - I thought I'd hate Rogues; now, I can hardly imagine playing anything BUT Rogues). I keep trying to give Hunters a chance, but I just can't seem to find the fun to give me the ambition to continue.
Anyway, that's my input.
Edit:
Now that I've finished reading your post, I've been sparked to add that, yes, if I'm not doing any of the above in groups, I do tend to get bored. But since I spend so much of my time solo, I can never get into the "group" classes because they're just too damn time-consuming and frustrating while soloing. I don't want an "easy" ride, but I don't want to be struggling uphill my entire career only to find out in the end that it never levels off. It depresses me that I don't enjoy the other classes, particularly a few that I think I would LOVE if not for the things that bother me so much.
I don't know. I just love my Rogue, and have difficulty finding anything else I enjoy more due to NOT being in groups much at all, and that bothers me - not getting to experience the "true" core of the game because I can never get far enough to enjoy it.
Roland *The Gunslinger*