There are various reports of this being a problematic scaler in 1.6.  I don't see how, beyond it being an insane scaler in general, but its possible a change has been overlooked and its probably better to disable it for now.

One thing that might have changed is the new AI and/or various things not breaking stealth anymore might've made hard hitting abilities actually use the bonus more often.  Dunno.

NPCs with Shadowstrike base get a small crit mult bonus instead.  The rat lobby is strong, and they get to keep the actual talent.  #squeak