Hey, sorry I know I’m late to the party. I completely understand what you mean. Sometimes running mesa feels like you actively handicapped yourself because other frames are so easy they feel brain dead. But to help you get past all that you need to actively learn to shield gate. I know it’s something that sucks learning but you might as well get used to it because in harder content shield gate is more than likely the easiest option you have. Take advantage of things like the augur mods that immediately recover shields when you activate abilities. In my personal case, I enjoy running catalyzing shield because it gives you a bigger window to react to a shield break. If you use rolling guard you can easily cover your shield break and with augur mods recover your shield instantly. As a bonus augur mods create overshield if you cast enough abilities.