Opinions on Sentinel sniper rifle

I think the last weapon this game needed, was another sniper rifle...

@tommor1988I can't remember who but someone said the gun is very situational. I would generally agree that it is. It's strength is the mid-long range and there it's definitely a a very strong gun. The body shots could use a slight buff due to its slow fire rate. But again this is a sniping gun, accuracy should mean everything with it.

I sort of view it as a nerfed Kraber. It can 2 shot kill someone if you land 2 head shots. Even if they have purple armor.

I personally prefer the G7 still, even though it's an assault rifle. I find that most gun fights happen in the mid-short range. Extended long range shoot outs are just asking to get third partied in this game. This is especially true in ranked.. People are looking for easy kills and will flock towards third party opportunities.

My friends and I have had the most success with the sentinal if 1 person the team carries it. They hang back a bit and snipe, while me and the other player push. The Sentinel player breaks shields for us, we finish them off. But it's a risky play because the sentinel sniper is a sitting duck. If we get third partied we are already at a disadvantage because it's just the two of us.

The majority of the gun fights I get into are at choke points and during ring closure, which is close combat. Now I have been in situations in which no one on my team had anything for long range. No longbow or choked triple take.. We then come across a team who does and is in a position to use it. That is where the Sentinel has shined and it has pushed my squad into very difficult situations. But those situations just seem to be rare in this game, at least in the areas we frequently drop and hang around.

It's a good sniper. Shame it's bugged.

Longbow is just outright better. Longbow shoots significantly faster, sways less and still requires the same 2 shots to the head to kill.

The battery charge is interesting but also pointless, as headshot with it does absolutely nothing extra. I think that's the part where this weapon could be made interesting, e.g., always do at least some part of extra damage when shooting charged vs shields.

So far most of my testing comes from shooting range, but I do feel that longbow is so much better, that my opinion is rly not going to change after using sentinel more ingame.

P.S. I haven't measured weapon swap time yet, but it doesn't feel faster either.

Its super accurate.However, like someone else said above, the last thing this game needed was another Sniper Rifle. Especiall on this map. Player who play as Pathfinder love to graple to high ledges and just fight from a distance. They should remove the Longbow from the game which is just a terrible weapon and increade the reload speed on the Sentinel between shots.