I really do agree with you, sneak is currently in such an underpowered position it's not a viable thing to use, it is effectively wasting your AP. I am all for changing it to 2 AP, and if that's too powerful then I'd be fine with that, I'd rather have it be too powerful than a token inclusion.
I feel your pain too, rogue is my archetype of choice and them being simply more dots\burst focused warriors in this game isn't quite my bag. But they might be if I could do some in-combat backstabs ala the sneak attack of dnd5e.
On a side note what's the deal with dual wielding rogues being all the vogue this decade? Back in MY DAY rogues used ONE short sword and we LIKED IT THAT WAY. Now we got all these new-fangled dual wielding hipsters and I am not okay with that.
That's a great point, actually. I would really like to be able to single-hand as well. I started a character and sat on the creation screen for a long time contemplating whether or not I would be able to make that work, but it boiled down to not having any meaningful synergy between Combat Abilities and Talents again, and I ended up doing a different totally different archetype. The only thing that really caters to single-handed characters is the Ambidextrous talent, but I didn't think that was strong enough to offset the damage loss of using only one weapon. I really enjoy how Parry Master compliments the dual wield playstyle, but that in and of itself doesn't make a rogue, so I agree with you there. I'd love to see some variation of single-handed builds with a more... "profound" effect in a combat setting.
I remember that first encounter against the Death Knights in those mines in D:OS - oh boy was I glad I had a rogue then! I could be missing something of course, but I haven't seen anything like that in D:OS2. As much as I enjoy progression by brute force, a change in dynamic with a more "traditional" rogue archetype would make for an interesting and unique playthrough experience.
Edit: Not sure why my quote didn't work. I think it's because I'm on forum probation since I just signed up.
