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Eeeee, where? I find tl5 MPs to be one of the most balanced tl5 professions atm. The annoying part are unremovable debuffs that dont disappear even with BS starts so you can have one debuff for 2 battlestations but i hope that virus scanners will start to work as they are supposed to. With AS and perks change your def will be even better than it is today. As it is not that bad today, it may be even good after the changes.
My enf has no weapons atm so you are more or less correct. But my NT has a cybordeck on and most likely could keel an ev0l MP with 3 buttons. I kinda miss the point tho.