Matria is needed?

[Kalaam]

Critical is basically the priority for everyone I feel

[LeonKeyh]

Critical is basically the priority for everyone I feel

That's fairly accurate. A few classes want a certain amount of Skill/Spell speed before they start stacking crit, and Healers typically want a "comfortable" amount of piety also before stacking crit, but crit is overpowered as a stat since it effects both the rate in which you crit and the amount of damage when you crit. It is an exponential increase that you don't get from any other stat.