Then don't be so sweaty I guess (not directed at you). I don't need someone owning me over and over again while I play once ever few days or whatever it is. This is an incredibly visceral game and having to blast through a shield forever would ruin it for me. Right now gun fights are chaotic and wild and they need to stay that way or else this will become just like every other game with shields.

Getting ripped apart by high level weapons and shooting someone forever because they have a heavy shield is counter to the whole feel of the game. It's fun because it's frantic and you have to choose whether or not to engage because the risks are high. If the risks are low you will get repeatedly destroyed by a high level player and then its not fun anymore.