So… ok apparently the shock rifle is replacing the EMP effect for the plasma pistol. I’m perfectly ok with that seeing as how that effect came with H2. However…
I think a suitable compromise would be for the charged effect to slow down vehicles kind of how the plasma rifle slowed down players and provided a tiny stun effect to them in CE. It wouldn’t be a full stun effect but but a slow effect to where a vehicle would be slowed down to a crawl. That way the charged shot would still be usable on vehicles which some in the community are being very critical about.