Nerf the Sentinel? Or Buff it?

Way too early to discuss its balance, for obvious reasons! Though am sort of surprised to see a second sniper added, seeing how we already got one with S3. Also wonder where it'll leave the Longbow, since the Longbow is already struggling to have a niche at all anymore. G7 just outguns a Longbow at all ranges due to the vastly higher DPS and faster projectiles.

I am really curious how the charge-up will work though! Mostly if it'll be click and hold forever, or if it'll be click and hold until it automatically fires at full charge. If you can hold the charge forever, and it does a LOT of damage, I could see it ending up really strong as a close range opener if you got a good sniper stock for the swap speed. Think a fully choked Peacekeeper, but with only one shot (doubt you'd have time to charge a second shot once in combat). Gonna be interesting to see what it brings to the table, and how it'll stand out from the rest of the snipers, but just from the description, it sounds like it'll be a better Longbow.