Post by CeeKay
1) What is the base AP unbuffed that a rogue should be for say, 25 man Naxxramas?
2.8 to 3k For a muti rogue, 3.2 to 3.6 for a combat rogue as combat has a talent that increases their AP by 10%. Also sub rogues have talents that increase their AP but rarely will you see a serious sub rogue looking for PUGs as they need a stacked group to do any decent amount of DPS.
2) What should the base critical strike chance be for a rogue at 25 man Naxxramas?
I would say at least 30%. Under this and a muti rogue starts to have issues with energy regen. As for combat I'm not sure, but above 30% sounds about right.
3) The hit cap is 8% for rogues I believe, right? Also, I've heard from some rogues that expertise is not a stat that they try to go for, while others say they do go for it. Do rogues want expertise? If so, what percentage or rating?
Rogues are 9% for spells, The number u will be looking for on an armory is 315 hit with a boss with no debuffs, if there is a warlock/spriest/boomkin in the raid that number drops to 237, and with a dranei its 210. But having at least 215 hit no matter what is ok for naxx25. The expertise cap for rogues in 26/26 or 6.5%. This should only be sought after by mutilate rogues and has become less important recently do to the changes in the mechanics behind playing a mutilate rogue. Realize that the more exp a rogue has is going to increase their DPS up to 26/26, after that and they are wasting points in itemization that could be spent on AP or Agi.
4) Haste rating I heard is o-k, along with armor penatration. These two stats aren't a huge priority, but if so, what would you say should be aimed for?
For combat mace rogues ArP is ok to stack, but for all other rogues its not a stat (along with haste) one should be gemming for exclusively . Other rogues should be trying to stack hit to the spell cap, then expertise for mutilate to 26/26, and then AP or Agi after that.
As a new raid leader I would urge u to not set any hard stat specifications in your recruitment posts in trade, the best one to put is a DPS bar, like "LF 2 3k melee dps to fill raid." Then let people whisper you, when the do copy their name and go to a character rating site like
www.wow-hereos.com and enter their name into that database. It will give you a read out of what encounters this person has done, a rating on their gear as to what encounters they can do, and a list of raid achievements you can base their skill off of. This is a much better tool than looking for a rogue with "x" AP and "y" crit as different rogues tend to gear up somewhat differently.
I would also suggest downloading wow instant messenger which is an addon that gives you chat popup windows in game that list links to sites like wowhereos for the character you are whispering. The addon can be found at
www.curse.com.
I wish you the best of luck in there.
CK