Reduce BW Heal Debuff from 30s to 10s
Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2025 2:06 pm
Problem: Current BW heal debuff has a 10s up time and 30s c/d, a 66%/20s downtime, out of line from every other specced 50% heal debuff.
Reasoning: 1) the 30 second cooldown lines up with most immunity timers, making it that gaining traction can just be CC'd off
2) unable to apply pressure vs detaunts, which have a 100% uptime
3) Any kill attempt lasting longer than the 10s uptime causes a 20 second reset period, giving targets too much of a recovery chance to be effective.
Follow-on problems: Heal debuffs are a must in scenario play against any organized group. With the BWs being ineffective due to only a 33% uptime vs 100% on other classes, it limits order DPS compositions. For "core" dps classes, current classes that have a 100% uptime 50% heal debuff are:
Order: Slayer, WH, SW
Destro: Choppa, Mara, WE, SH.
Recommended solution: reduce the BW's heal debuff to 10seconds, like all other 50% heal debuffs.
Reasoning: 1) the 30 second cooldown lines up with most immunity timers, making it that gaining traction can just be CC'd off
2) unable to apply pressure vs detaunts, which have a 100% uptime
3) Any kill attempt lasting longer than the 10s uptime causes a 20 second reset period, giving targets too much of a recovery chance to be effective.
Follow-on problems: Heal debuffs are a must in scenario play against any organized group. With the BWs being ineffective due to only a 33% uptime vs 100% on other classes, it limits order DPS compositions. For "core" dps classes, current classes that have a 100% uptime 50% heal debuff are:
Order: Slayer, WH, SW
Destro: Choppa, Mara, WE, SH.
Recommended solution: reduce the BW's heal debuff to 10seconds, like all other 50% heal debuffs.