How do you play a heroic rogue these days?

Nobody runs anything but elite, but with the auction house and pawn brokers emptier than ever before, I'm finding it impossible to ever hit these DCs.
Having just hit level 5 it would cost my broke little rogue 50kpp to buy level appropriate trap gear on the AH.
Loading up on heroism and fox's cunning potions hasn't helped, and neither has degrading myself to the point of using ship buffs.

Is it just infeasible to play a heroic assassin rogue now?