Inverse.5817

Something I'd love to tack on for PBM is to have it grant a nice % power buff to photon forge skills. Like how ECSU buffs your sword and exceeds, let PBM whack your big bursty PF skills up. In the same vein, maybe give TRV something similar to help it be the choice for condi holo? Like an aoe pulse every x seconds that does half the damage and burning of the dodge skill whilst in forge?

I've probably missed it being mentioned already, but I personally don't see the holo buffs bringing it back up fully (rifle holo especially) - especially since a) not all holo builds use sword and b) the big boomer buff also works to help scrapper (not a bad thing at all) and also mech (doesn't really need the bonus imo). For a spec that pretty much only offers damage builds (compared to one that can give quickness and the other that can give alac), would some slight buffs to photon forge damage skills be a decent ask? Shaving a little off the aftercast of Holo Leap would be nice too! All around, though, the buffs and direction things are going looks great. Really excited to get back into using some more forgotten and sub-optimal weapons on various specs!

This will hurt PvE, too - overheat blast damage from Photon Blasting Module is a big part of Holo's DPS, and retaining the 10% bonus damage while your heat gauge empties from overheat is nice - but not without, for example, grenade barrage, or the ability to CC raid bosses with AED and bomb kit's toolbelt skills. At least make it so you can still retain your toolbelt while traited to PBM, or make some kind of PvE/PvP split for it. Please. As someone who loves rifle & kits holo, and has done since PoF came out, this is really discouraging to see.