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Message: <blockquote data-quote="txshusker" data-source="post: 6466694" data-attributes="member: 6785841">To the original poster, I think it was 4e - when the rules makers decided to divide combat needs by controller, striker, defender, etc instead of by class. It was in 4e where I think the preferred rogue players used it as a striker. And a striker of any class put out pretty much the same high damage. I mean, sliding every turn to flank while a defender took up the front face meant you got bonuses to hit and damage buffs on basically every turn with a sneak attack. Unlike backstabbing in earlier editions, which could not be used on every combat turn, the striker rogue could put out high damage on every combat round in 4e.In earlier editions, if a thief got a chance to make 2 backstabs in the same combat, that combat was not going well for the players and meant that the MUs and fighter classes were fumbling their turns. If a BS did 1/2 a creature's damage in one round - which it totally could, the other members could normally take that creature down the rest of the way by the time the thief repositioned himself for a second backstab. Certainly the thief could put out some high damage - on a crit backstab... double damage or full damage, depending how you played - but consistent high damage round to round was not the thief's forte.</blockquote>