SWTOR Patch 5.5 Class Changes: LIGHTNING Sorcerer and TELEKINETICS Sage

Below are the expected changes to Lightning Sorcerer and Telekinetics Sage that Bioware is planing to introduce for SWTOR Patch 5.5 in October. These are not final.

Lightning Sorcerer

- Fixed a bug where Forked Darkness and Forked Lightning’s secondary attacks weren’t doing 25% of the original ability’s damage
- Reduced Reverberating Force’s critical damage bonus from 10% to 5%
- Convulsing Currents now gives Shock a 35% damage increase when the enemy is affected by Crushing Darkness, up from 20%

Telekinetics Sage

- Fixed a bug where Mental Momentum and Telekinetic Momentum’s secondary attacks weren’t doing 25% of the original ability’s damage
- Reduced Reverberation’s critical damage bonus from 10% to 5%
- Magnifying Vibrations now gives Project a 35% damage increase when the enemy is affected by Mind Crush, up from 20%

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

To bring the Lightning Sorcerer / Telekinetics Sage to their DPS target, we reduced the critical damage bonus given from Reverberating Force / Reverberation by 5% and increased the damage dealt by Shock / Project while Crushing Darkness / Mind Crush is on the target. We also fixed a bug where the secondary attacks from Forked Darkness / Mental Momentum and Forked Lightning / Telekinetic Momentum were not properly calculating their damage. These changes leveled out their damage more consistently and brought them to their target DPS.