These changes happened AFTER the CBT. It appears all these changes were 100% intentional, makes you wonder who is in charge of making game decisions over there at Fat Shark.
Also Force basic attacks have horrible hit detection all the sudden. I’m watching my attacks pass right through moving targets. I can pull out a gun and it’s just fine.
Vet player here. Our ranged guns also seem to do no damage to the shield bar. My guess is we are intended to engage in melee to break the shield.
Not sure if you know this or not, but some more recent changes happened in a patch within the past couple hours. Many people are saying Psyker feels better now.