What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class?

[Psyren]

1) The Rogue seems intended as a 'tricky' class, but it has barely any tricks.


2) Waaaaaaay too much focus on Sneak Attack.

Cunning Strike and Weapon Mastery appear to help with both of these.

1) player versus player, under basic rules, is possible and common

PvP is certainly possible, but common? Both the PHB and DMG make it very clear that cooperative play is the assumed baseline of the game, so I have no idea where you're getting this from.