Dunno why you would hang onto gear for 10 levels though. Gear is meant to be replaced as you level. I'm willing to bet lvl 36 daggers out dps lvl 26 hooks. In which case rogues will be in the same boat as warriors and sorcerers are currently in (not having an arcane wep). One thing I did notice is that warriors and sorcerers aren't complaining (much) about rogues arcane weapon, so it seems like the devs did a good job giving rogues a strong weapon but not one that's overpowered. Anyway, who knows what'll happen really, were talking about gear that's 2 expansions away.