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Below are the expected changes to Vengeance Juggernaut and Vigilance Guardian Disciplines that Bioware is planing to introduce for SWTOR Patch 5.5 in October. These are not final.
Vengeance Juggernaut
- The damage done by Chilling Scream due to the Piercing Chill utility has been reduced by 60%
- Increased the bleed damage bonus given by Bloodmaster per bleeding effect from 3% to 5%, now stacking up to 15%
- Increased the melee bonus damage given by Ravager from 3% to 5%
- Draining Scream now deals 45% more damage
Vigilance Guardian
- The damage done by Freezing Force due to the Persistent Chill utility has been reduced by 60%
- Increased the burn damage bonus given by Burnmaster per burning effect from 3% to 5%, now stacking up to 15%
- Increased the melee bonus damage given by Master Focus from 3% to 5%
- Burning Blade now deals 45% more damage
DevNotes
The text below is a direct quote from the Bioware Combat Dev team with their reasons why are the above mentioned changes needed and what the goal for this discipline is. To better understand their means, check this post: SWTOR Class Balancing Explained: How it works and why is it NEEDED
Chilling Scream / Freezing Force was doing too much damage with the Piercing Chill / Persistent Chill utility. It was being used as a single-target rotational ability when it’s intended use was multi-target AOE, so we reduced the damage it deals with Piercing Chill / Persistent Chill. To make up for part of the DPS loss, we increased the damage of Draining Scream / Burning Blade by 45%. Then to make up for the rest of the DPS needed to bring Vengeance / Vigilance in line with its DPS target, we increased periodic damage and overall melee damage through two passive abilities.
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