Reset inactivity timer when an attack is blocked

[Malong]

One thing worth noting is that prep time does not count toward inactivity.  If you repair your shield before toming so you can pick it up after, for instance, that is a valid way of proving your presence.

I would be fine with considering more ways of indicating presence but those ways cannot be so easily abused as to negate the entire system for a certain class of characters.  Counting shield damage, in my opinion, would entirely negate the system for shielders and is not a valid way of testing for presence.

It's good that preparation time does not further exacerbate the determination of inactivity. But there are many times that a dead shielder is getting resurrected only after a new wave has started, and cleaning up remaining waves is not possible, and the benefit of decreased repair and heal time is not granted. I and others think this was borne from a slightly irrational fear that has unintended consequences on honest players. Even if what you were saying was true, shielders that are truly inactive would have their shields broken, they would die, and not receive any rewards anyway. It's already a self-correcting measure.

Again: in the rush to punish non-contributors, you also inadvertently punish contributions from necessary classes and goals.