I guess its plain and simple unfair for newer player to deal with only a 8% scope, while older player can have a huge advantage of 7% more.
But hey, this game and the professions are totally imbalanced and I appreciate every change for a bit more balancing.
I dont think that crits are good for the game. Oh yes, its cool to make HUUUUGE damage every 2nd or 3rd shot. But I remember the time when I was around lvl 70 or 80 and a little lvl 60 trader shot me down with 4 hits....... Its not ok, that you can kill someone so fast. Aim-crit, Fling-crit, crit - dead. That means no time of reaction, because you do that in only 1-2 sec.
And dont think you are safe in higher levels. Last time I fought an other soldier and he made more than 1678 crit on me with his River 6 and I was protected by a RRFe (30%). Without that he would have done almost 2400 (40% cap of my 6k HP)
Thats no fun when you get critted a few times in a row and a fight takes only a few seconds. That leaves no time for any tactics.
I'll bumb to nerf the crits and I appreciate this nerf - but at least FC should have done this in a better way....