I agree that the red shield idea is trash.
First of all, it already takes too long to kill people. Second, now people mostly ignore gold shields, which is kinda dumb. It's a YOLO shield, and frankly, I think the whole game, with no weapon that could kill you in one hit with such a shield, or even a blue helmet on your head, not even a fire every few hours Kraber, just makes the game super awful.
However, you know what? ALL YOU NEED is a cheat program to get you by. I see it all the time now. And then your red shield won't save you.
Cheatware for the win, Respawn. It's awesome that you ask $25 for a skin :P