The 10sec gap between uptime is certainly an important factor to consider.
The question is a bit of poorly conditioned though.
What are the other 7 ranks? People donāt make ārogue1ā builds, they make a build, and decide rogue1 supplements the set and fills in holes theyāre lacking.
People always bring up gems/headgear, well, you can still use the exact same gems/headgear as str as dex because the crit rate is high enough to make use of them the same. (hell, even against mobs that drop the 315 recipes, I have near 100% crit rate with just 199 crit rate and werewolfs)__
Anyway, the str build allows you to be on the same level as people with higher transcend levels. My weapon is only stage 3, but because of my build, Iām on even power with people with the same weapon as stage 5 because the atk/crit atk adds that much. But what about the higher transcend levels? Same thing, when Iām stage 5, Iām the same as a stage 6.5
Doubt I ever get to stage 10, but if I do, it be the same as being stage 11.
But I say a majority of people stay around stage 3-5, and any higher is those that really like to pour their shards in.
rogue1 is for very very specific builds.
A2 is standard returns that will work for just about any build that you pick randomly.
Donāt really see the sense in both A2, and rogue1 in the same build though