True. I understand people who don't have the voting slider yet will be reluctant to vote as much as they used to. Others, however, can simply adjust their percentage. I've been doing so and I feel like my combined votes can now add more value than before the HF. It just takes a while to find sweetspot between the right percentage and not draining my VP.
The self voting does now take away more VP than it did before though, yes! I do admit to voting my own posts 100% with the option when posting. It still doesn't drain my VP by far though.