I personally like the new feel of e-liters, I think we can see more build diversity, and is just a weapon that is being played similarly to before, just more defensively. I only play custom e-liter, and I love my new build on it:
Let's me shoot more often, and be more of a support sniper. I can still get some quick charges, but since the range changed so much, 2-3 damage ups are all that is required, as much as I like 2 uncharged shots killing with 3 mains 2 subs, it is more beneficial to me to shoot more often, and get kraken, even if it's slower, more often.
It may have hurt normal e-liter more, with the changes to burst bombs, but I personally like the feel of the weapon now, the faster charge feels good, and the range thing makes sense balance wise, although I think ~15% would've been better.
It basically raised the skill floor for e-liter, but and in return the possibility for greater build diversity, since full charges are faster and needed. I think this trade-off is good for the meta, because of the build diversity, and removal of the all burst bomb e-liters.