what's the best build for rogues/stalkers?

[Psithief]

I demand more talk about bow stalkers. DEMAND!

Why not encourage it by giving your own opinions / ideas then?

I don't know what my opinions are, they're still forming.

History
I have tried dagger rogue, many years ago. This time around, I still wanted to be a rogue, but daggers were painful and the loot wasn't enough to make up for being so much weaker in PvM than swordies.

Bow?
So bow is my next focus. I've tried stuff out on RateMyServer.net's test server, as a Stalker. Some of my experiences I felt were worth sharing.

Plagiarise and elements
Bowling bash is interesting. However, Bow Rogues/Stalkers don't activate the +10 flee on Thief Rings, which is terrible. I'm not sure if the pros outweigh the cons yet!
Having holy ammunition and shadow ammunition is pretty nice, but having no carrying capacity isn't.
I wonder how Snipers do it.

Offence
You might find this funny/silly, but the game gets more interesting for me if there's more awesome attack noises. So what did I do? I bought a chick hat. Double attack + triple attack boosts a bow rogues damage to 1.7x or 1.8x (depending if triple attack trumps double attack or not) normal. Does it make up for the inability to have 150 Dex? I don't know yet. Probably not.
Rogues don't get attention concentrate, but they do get berserk potions.
More research is required. I shall attempt to compare the powerhouse hunter build to a double+triple-attack bow rogue some time in the future.

Defence
Hide is AWESOME. The defensive capabilities of a bow rogue/stalker in PvM are pretty great, in my opinion. Maybe I just don't like traps! It could well be that I don't like traps!
So, yay Hide, yay Backslide, yay Chase Walk.

PvP
I am not rich enough to even think about PvP yet. Perhaps one day.