here are some points to all your posts..from one of us that "wanted" crit buffs self only.
1st. people were killing us with our own buffs. Can i say that again...people were killing US MAs with our own buffs. Essence doesnt kill another player, shields dont kill another player, steam roller doesnt, he/crunch doesnt...UVC did.
Now..at least us MAs might stand a chance..i say might. why? because we can still be chain rooted, our heals still debuffed, our init/heals slowed, nullity, nanoshut down, flurry of blows, multiple pets etc.
Only reason I dont like it self only is for missions..but did 2 missions today full of vets/masters/toughs (the harder toughs) and i was the only MA...didnt notice much of a difference.
here is an example: today i was in mmd. headin to grid and yense attacked me. cool..i love a good fight win or lose. He critted me 9 times...NINE times..i critted him once....1 time. of course i died. After i was like..wtf..how u crit me 9 times. He told me that was the last of the UVC he had on before patch.
as far as soloing missions.yes..that does sort of suck. my trader cant solo them now..but guess what? not many people solo..if u wanna solo pick a solo proffessino i guess. I only solo if i need something from the mission.
Im sorry the non-MAs dont like it..but when you die over and over and over cuz someone crits you with your own buff 2 times more then you crit them...well something isnt right.
this is not a flame..or a whine..just a simple fact.
oh..and BTW...sort of a bummer but the 7% team crit don't stack with the crat one..tried it today. Was bummed about that...unless we did something wrong..any ideas?