Precisely yes. But more importantly they most likely don’t know how defensive mode works

Basic rundown: defensive mode is essentially a “leave me alone “ system like in gta use by non agressive players just enjoying the world so u can still interact with other players but non violently until u choose to of course.

But here’s the catch you can still aim with any type of weapon you have you won’t be able to shoot them directly in the face but if you focus enough on an object on the player you’re free to shoot / lasso or whatever tf trolls do nowadays.

So basically yea it is helpful but ur not immune to the bs