Three questions - Scaling, Valiona hc, and Maloriak

[Frustror]

Hello,

1) Firstly (and this is the thing I can not see to get a clear answer to): what do the Paragon rogues (or anyone else) think of gear scaling? I mean, I am doing pretty much the same dps as Assassination in half heroic gear as I was when I have a mix of 359s and blues (c.20k). It is so frustrating. You guys are playing Combat and I wonder if better scaling at high gear levels is the reason? I am thinking of changing.

2) Do you respec or go Sub for Valiona hc when you are farming. Probably not, but just wondering? If not, do you (i.e. rogues) go into the Twilight realm now or do other classes? If you do, how long until you come out?

3) How are you finding Maloriak hc as Combat. Is Blade Flurry as good on the Black phase as Assassination FOK/DP spam?

Thanks!

Frust

[Diahi]

I don't think gear scaling is going to be a problem, and even if it is I bet they're going to fix that pretty quickly. Most of last tier I felt we were scaling about as well as other classes, maybe even a bit better. They overbuffed a some classes in the last few patches so we aren't really the top melee dps anymore in the current tier. The next tier seems to help with that as our set bonuses are looking pretty damn good right now.

We don't respec for valiona. Boomkins and such usually take care of the shadow realm. I've heard that sub can pretty much stay there for the whole fight but I haven't been there myself so I can't really guarantee anything.

Blade flurry isn't as good as fok spamming with asssassination and it shouldn't even be. Good large scale aoe is pretty much the niche for mutilate whereas combat focuses on taking down small amounts of targets fast. I can't see the black phase being a problem with either spec.