Between the map and legend rebalancing (especially Crypto) this might be the biggest meta shift we have seen since they dropped KC altogether. So excited for this.
Honestly unless I'm missing something I don't see Crypto getting picked more frequently. Scan legend slot is occupied by Valk now who is considered almost essential on Stormpoint because of the wide open spaces with little cover. Crypto's buffs don't change how he engages significantly.
The things that killed Crypto are three fold
1. He EMPs himself. So if you want to setup a drone push you need to do something like port into it, and Crypto has to arrive late.
2. Red shields significantly altered the advantage. It used to be that Crypto gave you a 25% hp advantage after EMP (200>150) but now only a 22% advantage (225>175 when red). Getting EMPed isn't that big of a deal and it really relies on you having equal or better shields already for it to even have any payoff (e.g. if you're purple and they're red taking them down to 175 so you can engage at 200 with a delay on Crypto's entry really isn't an advantage at all)
3. Good players often shoot out the drone to kill EMP plays and when you're betting everything on that play that can really suck (e.g. a portal setup and push for an EMP).
They're also making it harder to get an EMP play off by reducing the HP on the drone. Going down from 60 to 50 is significant, there are many occasions where I've hit the drone for 50 and couldn't get the last hit and the EMP goes off.
If anything it seems like what the updates might help with is it might stop encouraging the random Crypto's in pubs from sitting in drone until they're killed. Using it as a tactical more frequently makes his playstyle feel more accessible and stops bad players shooting themselves in the foot.