Sentinel Buff
When I first found out everything about the Sentinel, I had high hopes. On paper it sounds incredibly useful, but in this fast paced mostly close to medium engagements kind of a game, this gun drastically under-performs. Firstly, a bolt action sniper should be able to 2 hit someone with any level of armor by getting one headshot and one body shot. When I went into the range to test it's damage and the charge mechanic, the fact that it couldn't/can't 2 hit like I just said, proved to me that it would be very niche. Especially once I compared it's damage to the other snipers and found how similar the Sentinel's is to the Longbow (only 10 more) while the Longbow has a much higher rate of fire...
The changes I'd make are, increase the damage to be able to get one headshot and one body shot to down someone with either no helmet or a white helmet. To do this to legends without Fortification and when they have a white helmet the damage would have to be at least 72 for body shot which would make the headshot damage 144. I like the idea of using a shield cell to load one charged shot into the gun for that 100% shield damage shot. Also, if you'd get a 2.5x headshot multiplier with the charged shot, (using the base dmg of 72) you'd be able to get a headshot that deals 180 damage which would be a guaranteed 2 hit against every legend with a white helmet. When calculating how much damage would be necessary to get the 2 hit against Fortification legends, I found the base damage would need to be at least 85; this would make the headshot damage 170; which left the thicc targets at 69.95 or 70 health which is low enough for the body shot to get the down. They'd be left at 62.3 health after taking their Fortification into consideration with a charged 2.5x (180 dmg) headshot multiplier shot. I think this would be the only way to make it viable... IT HAS TO 2 HIT! (one headshot/one body shot).
The only reason I'm even using the Sentinel when I find one is because of a battle pass challenge. Otherwise, I'd be using just about any other weapon. The only loadout that makes it borderline overpowered is to run the Sentinel and P-2020 with hammerpoint. Get the charged shot to take their shields off then rush and 3 hit with the pistol... I haven't been able to use this combo yet, though. The one time I had both guns, I didn't have hammerpoint.
