User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-4368692-20130417165321/@comment-6104626-20130417182553

I suspect if the Hammerhead had a shield/health bar that you could actually see (e.g. like the Mako, or like Sheperd normally does in ME2) then it would be more usable. I'm a Mako person myself, though one thing I DON'T miss is going and getting a snack while the shield recharges.