Skill Scaling Patch

Overview

The Skill Scaling Patch fixes a number of bugs or inconsistencies in character skills, mostly about the way they scale with level, and across playthroughs. It is not meant to change the balance of the game according to my personal preferences, but to make it work as intended (or at least more consistently), which does improve some aspects of the balance. The skills that are the most affected are Phaselock and Ruin (Maya), Light the Fuse (Krieg), Deathtrap and all its damage abilities (Gaige), the Sabre Turret and all its damage abilities (Axton), Salvador (Steady as She Goes).

Concerning Deathtrap and the Sabre Turret, the main problem addressed by this patch was actually not present on console. With the Skill Scaling Patch, their damage output should thus be identical to what it is on console. And that makes a huge difference on their end-game viability.

I have also added some fixes to balance inconsistencies resulting from the level cap increase (80+OP10). And an optional (balanced) boost to status effect damage in UVHM and OP levels.

Installation and Compatibility

Use BLCMM to install the Skill Scaling Patch:

• []Install BLCMM

  []In BLCMM > Tools > Setup game files for mods: enable the Mod support options, and any other you may want.

  [](Since the recent UHD update, the previous step will only work on linux. On PC, you have to use another method to hexedit. Grab Cody's Hex Multitool. You can also check out this video, for example. On mac you need to hexedit manually).

  []Open SkillScalingPatch.blcm in BLCMM (or use File > Import Single mod, if you want to combine it with other mods)

  []In BLCMM > File > Save as: select "Open BL2 Binaries Dir", and save it under any name you like. Since some recent changes in the hotfix system, you may need to check the "Offline" option in BLCMM before saving (doesn't affect co-op).

  []Launch your game. In the menu with New Game, Character selection, etc, press "Esc" to exit to the main menu.

  []Open the console (using the key you selected when setting up your game files for mods in BLCMM), and type e.g. "exec SkillScalingPatch.blcm".

  []Close the console, press key to continue, and you're good to go.

  The Skill Scaling Patch can be used as a standalone, for a vanilla experience with less bugs, and to meet Deathtrap and the Sabre Turret the way they were supposed to be (and actually are, on console). You can also try to combine it with other mods, using BLCMM. However, this may create incompatibilities if the other mods affect the skills modified by the Skill Scaling Patch, or even skills in general. I'd recommend importing the Skill Scaling Patch after other mods, and disabling any changes affecting the mentioned skills, in those other mods.

  Some parts of the Skill Scaling Patch have been included in the Unofficial Community Patch (version 4. 1 and later). However, some parts are not, or may be in a somewhat outdated version, so you may still want to add the Skill Scaling Patch on top of the UCP. It should be fully compatible, as long as you import the Skill Scaling Patch as a single mod after the UCP (do not open the Skill Scaling Patch, then import the UCP).

  If for some reason you still have a level cap at 72 + OP8 (linux maybe? I'm not sure), use the version 2. 6 of this mod.

  Detailed changes

  You can find here all the damage values at different levels/playthroughs, on console and on PC/mac (with or without the Skill Scaling Patch). This website is not fully updated after the level cap increase.

  The % bonuses given below are multiplicative with other bonuses you may get in-game (e.g. +160% means that whatever damage you were doing should be multiplied by 2. 6). The values are given at specific levels as examples, but they evolve continuously with character level.

  General Skill damage scaling.

  []Make Ruin damage (elemental explosions and DOTs) scale like other skills, and remove the level 80 cap.

  []This also affects the status effect damage from a few other skills (Blight Phoenix, Cloud Kill, Unf0rseen)

  [*]Damage increase of +60% at level 30, +100% at level 50, +160% at 80, +850% at OP10.[/