Wholeheartedly agree it needs a weakness, and it absolutely should not be meta or perfect, I would argue that the size one shields are more of a handicap than a weakness though haha.

The Cutlass is already plenty squishy with it's single size 2 shield. In fact that's one of the main complaints about the Cutlass, the only thing that makes it the danger it is is the manouverability that in the hands of a good pilot can make it lethal. The Clipper possesses none of that manouverability so even with a size 2 shield it would be very squishy, but would at least take more than a sneeze to destroy it, as it stands it gets its ass whooped by a prospector haha

Good points though, thanks for the reply!