I pretty much never play citron, it's not a class that I do well with. This afternoon I visited the gnomiverse on my daughter's account to open a couple chests, and the damage drop-off is brutal! Even at what appeared to be about 50 yards away, very much mid range, I was only getting 2 damage per tick on the gnomes that randomly appear there.
Sniping citrons hace been one of the most annoying metas in this game for quite some time now, and the reduction of his long range and splash damage are most welcome. But I don't think I'd be too happy if I were a citron player.
I was REALLY hoping for some sort of changes to the ball form, whether taking critical damage or not counting as a body in the objective when in ball form, but alas it was not meant to be.