I don’t even bother with the shield at higher difficulties. Feel like it gets one shot anyways.
Plus I feel like half the 7+ missions all have reduced stratagems these days.
I was doing level 7s last night with reduced strategems and had to decide between my shield and an Eagle. It was a tough call, but ultimately the shield won out. It makes retreating (tactically of course, praise democracy) much easier without getting randomly sniped.
