Source? Because in-game rupture is listed as a melee attack that deals an initial hit of unspecified damage (probably kinetic) and an additional dot over 6 seconds of internal damage. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/E-Licious/Screenshot_2012-01-27_08_35_06_421000.jpg Malice states that it increases the crit chance of your force attacks. Nowhere does it state that it affects melee attacks that deal internal damage. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/E-Licious/Screenshot_2012-01-27_08_54_15_897000.jpg Now could it? Sure, but nothing in the game would imply that it does, which is the source of the confusion. If you just read the game tips you would believe that malice does not affect rupture since rupture does not mention force attacks anywhere in it's description, and it actually lists itself as a melee attack. And just because it deals internal damage doesn't imply that it's a force attack. Damage type (kinetic, energy, internal, elemental) are independant of attack type (melee, ranged, force, tech). Force choke and smash are force attacks, yet they deal kinetic damage.

That still doesn't answer my question. I'm not asking about the damage type, since that seems to be irrelevant. I'm asking about the attack type. Melee attacks can do yellow dmg but it is still a melee attack type. Malice specifically says it affect force attacks and rupture is listed as a melee attack. I'm guessing it does not affect the crit chance of rupture.

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Well being a Darth is kind of a big deal. They aren't going to give it to you at level 25. What's funny is that you actually get a more impressive title near the end of the story before you get Darth.

No. Pretty sure it means that you can't be interrupted while ravaging. Knockbacks and stuns should still stop you though.

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Yes. I don't know about inqs but wars get the title at the end of the storyline. I am guessing inqs get it at the same time.

Sweeping slash absolutely applies deadly sabers dot. I will turn on deadly sabers and jump in to a pack and start using sweeping slash. I will start seeing yellow numbers pop up and sweeping slash does white damage. How quickly or to whom it applies deadly sabers I do not know the mechanics of.

So does Malice affect rupture or not? Rupture is listed as a melee attack and malice says it only affect force attacks.

Thanks! I hope other bosses drop them too because I don't want to have to farm the twins for 8 months just to be properly geared.

My broonmark has a bunch of columi tank gear and he's actually a pretty good tank now. Holds aggro pretty effectively and with him and a friend healing we duo heroic 4s with ease. He'll probably be one of your most geared companions once normal mode ops keep giving you sith warrior columi pieces.

Even on NM mode, the hardest difficulty, the marauders only have 114k HP. You have 120 seconds to kill it so if you can't do 950 DPS without using zen/berserk, you're doing it wrong. Any decent marauder/sentinel specced for bleeds should be doing over 1k DPS with average gear. If not they need to look at their spec/rotation because it's not lack of zen/berserk that's making them fail.

Take if off your bars for this fight. It's a DPS loss not using it, but it is not necessary to beat the encounter, even on NM difficulty. Just did it last night and I only have 2 rakata pieces mostly columi, and 2 PvP pieces, so my gear is good but not top tier. Oh, and I was still the first person to get their marauder down so even someone with less gear than me should have no trouble w/o using this buff.

I have plenty of crit/surge enhancements from my old columi pieces, but like I said, I've already got way too much crit and not enough power. I want power/surge enhancements which I have none of.

If rupture is a force ability instead of a melee ability then the in-game ability page is very misleading since it clearly lists rupture as "melee". Deadly Sabers is is listed as force though.