Evo shield modification

I'll usually take a purple over a fresh Evo, just cause I'd prefer to have that extra 75 shields for the next engagement. But I will say I've been picking up Evo's a lot more after the buff, for two reasons:

• Before the buff, there would be a time in a game when you would see a fresh Evo and tell yourself "nah, it's too late to pick that up now and drop my blue/purple, no way I would get that to red". But like you guys have said, you can take on a team of three and bring to level 3. That "risk" factor is more prominent during your first engagement and the reward comes much faster.
• Considering how easy it is to find a purple shield relative to how difficult it was to level the shield up to level 3 and 4, I would just opt for a blue instead and find a purple later. Different story now though. I'm just as likely to level up an Evo shield to purple before I find a purple.

I think it's pretty balanced at the moment though. End game, an extra 25 ain't gonna make a difference in most cases. And finding a purple or red Evo is just as (if not more) rare as finding a purple/gold Evo respectively.

Edit: just had a game where I picked up a blue, traded for a fresh Evo. Died. Got respawned. Picked up another blue on drop. Traded for another fresh Evo. And died again. I'd like to blame the Evo and ignore the fact that it sucks to suck.