What drives a poor reputation for the Rogue class?

[LudicSavant]

I've never been more underwhelmed by the commentary on D&D features.

Optimizers: You're not playing D&D unless you're using Pass Without Trace to Stealth everywhere and get Surprise on all your enemies yo!
Optimizers: Steady Eye sucks because it makes you move slow.
Actual Real Life D&D: You have to move at a Slow Pace in order to make use of Stealth.

That's quite a translation of "This is the best non-combat feature that Inquisitives get."

The words you typed bear no resemblance to what optimizers actually told you.