I play super aggressively on behemoth with a shotgun. Many times I’m able to slide in groups of enemies with a shotgun, get the kills and escape alive because of the slide. As much fun as that is, it is a bit powerful with only icarus dash to compete. I feel that the slide may be even more effective than the dash because you can rotate your guardian and shoot mid slide.
With this nerf, these super aggressive shotgun pushes aren’t going be possible anymore which kills me a bit inside I’ve got to admit, but I think it’s reasonable. An alternative nerf could be to prevent players from turning and shooting during the slide and keep the current double slide 5 sec cooldown.
I don’t think this is going to negatively affect PvE. If anything it is a bit of a buff because despite the sprint charge up, you can effectively slide more since your total cooldown for 2 slides is now only 2.5 sec.