What abilities make the Sentinel unique to you?
Unique Sentinel abilities:
Transendence, force camouflage, Rebuke, Zen, Inspiration, twin saber throw.
(blade blitz in brackets as the gaurdian has it too).
For me the Jedi Sentinel is the combination betwenn mobility/speed, dps an wielding two lightsabers. Besides dealing dps obviously this includes Force charge, blade blitz and transcendence for quick target switching.
As the Sentinel not being "tanky" with medium armor I find it highly rewarding to use the right defensive CD at the right time, mainly in higher raid content. Disregarding the passive healing while applying dots with watchman-spec, the class does not have any off-heals thats why imo the defensives are clearly needed and are part of the fun.
That being said having to choose between them and only having force camouflage, blade blitz or guarded by the force is not fun.
Transcendence not only is a good raid utility but for me also a quality of life skill to move faster when playing solo (as is blade blitz^^). And if the requirement for using Transcendence is 30 stacks of centering, there is no use to it as any dps will always choose Zen obviously.
Do these ability paths feel effective against enemies?
On PTS I did the onderon dailys with both loadouts of Watchman, dps-wise both felt effective against Onderon enemies.
If you have feedback on the different disciplines and loadouts, please note your feedback accordingly so we can track it.
Loadout A Watchman:
the quadruple dot- damage of force rend under zen and building focus with zen was fun.
Missed Transcendence, force camouflage and blade blitz. Couldn´t use descent of the fearless as force clraity was missing - got kind of used on live in having it in the rotation. the only remotly good Set bonus was Perfect form.
Loadout B Watchman:
Not having cauterize needs getting used to. But having the alternative with force lash as a direct attack may speed ab the time to kill enemies with not much health, therefore beeing better suited for solo content.
All in all Combat styles seem interesting, mainly the different kind of offensive playstyles.
What I don´t like at all like is having to choose between defensive CDs. As an active raider I can´t see (yet) how this will work out. And I think having to change the loadout for every single boss encounter, might be slightly annonying.
Last but not least: don´t make us choose between using Transcendence or Zen.