Ballistic shield is a whole vibe
My wife's been getting into diving (it's been a wonderful relationship development) so I've been on challenging dives to get her up to speed, and took the opportunity to play with different load outs as well as work through my eruptor addiction. Ran the ballistic shield as a Goof, but hot dawg it slaps.
We moved up to suicide and both run a shield, turtle Bros all day. Especially sick when squad mates catch on and we make a whole tortoise formation and march as the pale turtle of death through the open, blithely charging dropships.
Been caught out a few times and backed into a corner, damn near unkillable with my back against a wall. Soaks up rockets, sentries, gingivitis and seasonal depression. When running it protects your back too, a surprisingly good sniper backpack.
Eagle strafing run, ballistic shield, amr, smg, grenade pistol, thermite and a mission dependent strat slot.
Well worth a try. We want to get a full squad in on a shield wall!