Over at Ten Ton Hammer they have a great Class interview.

The Assassin is a really great class for people who like having a large strategic toolset, many abilities on the hotbar, and high damage-dealing potential.

After all, simply from a gamer’s perspective, when you start getting into using all your abilities to maximum potential it’s hard to resist watching your target’s HP plummet from the flurry of damage numbers on the screen caused by offhand procs, poisons, combos, and clickable special abilities!

You can find the article in its entirety here. http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/15580