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Eric Musco from Bioware has posted a list of the planned changes for Virulence Sniper and Dirty Fightingr coming in Patch 5.3.

Class Changes: Virulence Sniper/ Dirty Fighting Gunslinger | 06.23.2017, 07:11 PM

Note: All changes below are currently in development and are subject to change before being released.

Sniper
Virulence

• Cull deals 25% less damage
• Weakening Blast deals 11% more damage, costs 5 energy, and is no longer triggered by weapon damage from Cull
• Increased Lethal Shot weapon damage by 13% and reduced its poison damage by 35%
• Toxic Surge deals 20% more damage
• In addition to its previous effects, Lethal Takedown now also reduces the energy cost of Takedown by 3

Gunslinger
Dirty Fighting

• Wounding Shots deals 25% less damage
• Hemorrhaging Blast deals 11% more damage, costs 5 energy, and is no longer triggered by weapon damage from Wounding Shots
• Increased Dirty Blast weapon damage by 13% and reduced its bleed damage by 35%
• Bloody Mayhem deals 20% more damage
• In addition to its previous effects, Dirty Shot now also reduces the energy cost of Quickdraw by 3

DevNotes: The changes to the Virulence Sniper / Dirty Fighting Gunslinger are meant to bring the discipline down to its target DPS. The damage reduction to Cull / Wounding Shots and the changes to Weakening Blast / Hemorrhaging Blast and Lethal Shot / Dirty Blast brought Virulence / Dirty Fighting slightly below its target DPS, so we increased the damage of Toxic Surge / Bloody Mayhem to get it back to the target.

The change to Lethal Takedown / Dirty Shot addressed a situation where it was better to use Lethal Shot / Dirty Blast while the target was under the effect of your Weakening Blast / Hemorrhaging Blast.