Remove the knockdown phase

The amount of times I pretty much died instantly is hard to count anymore. Ever since the auto-revive of Lifeline was introduced, everyone makes sure that you stay down, even if it doesn't benefit them directly. In casual games at least, hardly anyone really protects you. Knockdown shields are too easily cheesed and you can bypass them so easily that it's not even fun anymore. I still activate my knockdown shield, but 9/10 times it's useless. Either people circle you and shoot you easily or - to rub a thick layer of salt into the wound - teabag you before they kill you.

And it continues to exist even in Arenas. You go down even over a small distance, all you hear when you go behind cover is Valkyrie jets, pathfinder grapple or Octane stim and before you know it: You're dead. That's how much people thirst for the kill nowadays.