@BigBlackCausticI think the Sentinel as is would feel better as a true marksmen rifle if when you charged it with disruptor rounds it would 1 shot head shot people so the disruptor round would crack the shield and then the 140 damage would carry over to the 100 base health.
As it stands there really is no reason to take any other sniper over a triple take. The triple take with a full charged choke shot through a rampart amp is 168 to the head with a very fast follow up two tick charged shot the Sentinel is the same 168 to the head but has a slow bolt action animation to chamber the next shot. During that bolt animation the triple take can secure a knock or kill.
I think the Sentinel should keep the shield breaking charged body but should also reward charged head shots with a 1 shot. I hardly ever charge my Sentinel when I have one because for me landing a head shot is what I aim for when sniping if I wanted to shred someone with body shots I would use an LMG or AR. We used to reward head shots with the longbow with a skullpiercer on it then they removed that.....
They want to make having the drop on someone more rewarding then give us a sniper that gives us an advantage by spending healing items which two shield cells is 1 full charge on a gold why would you trade that off for the power to crack shields with body shots and that's it. I would rather just keep my shield cells and shoot them in the head and do the same thing.
