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<blockquote data-quote="Traveon Wyvernspur" data-source="post: 5990223" data-attributes="member: 73201">Fair enough, but we were talking specifically the Assassin class. Almost any rogue (or rogue archetype) can be re-fluffed or re-skinned to do what the ninja does as far as skills go and wouldn't be called &quot;assassin,&quot; but to me the assassin is much more than just a killer for hire if played right. Most players would just go with trying to kill with the assassin for personal gain, but others may try to utilize his specific ...lets call them 'gifts' for the removal of evil for the greater good. To me this isn't evil. Let's go real world for a moment. Would you call Seal Team 6 members evil? They are infiltrators and highly trained killers/soldiers who went into a heavily guarded compound specifically to kill bin Ladin, they weren't going to take that guy prisoner, he was one evil SOB by our standards and needed to be killed. They would have killed him in his sleep if they had the chance and assassinated him, say if the sniper had a clear shot into his bedroom window.The neutral or even good assassin would do stuff like this for a 'good' king, emperor, or government. The ends justify the means in some cases right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Traveon Wyvernspur, post: 5990223, member: 73201"] Fair enough, but we were talking specifically the Assassin class. Almost any rogue (or rogue archetype) can be re-fluffed or re-skinned to do what the ninja does as far as skills go and wouldn't be called "assassin," but to me the assassin is much more than just a killer for hire if played right. Most players would just go with trying to kill with the assassin for personal gain, but others may try to utilize his specific ...lets call them 'gifts' for the removal of evil for the greater good. To me this isn't evil. Let's go real world for a moment. Would you call Seal Team 6 members evil? They are infiltrators and highly trained killers/soldiers who went into a heavily guarded compound specifically to kill bin Ladin, they weren't going to take that guy prisoner, he was one evil SOB by our standards and needed to be killed. They would have killed him in his sleep if they had the chance and assassinated him, say if the sniper had a clear shot into his bedroom window. The neutral or even good assassin would do stuff like this for a 'good' king, emperor, or government. The ends justify the means in some cases right? [/QUOTE]

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