Plasma cannot penetrate the shield

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Bugs
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Issue Type (Required):

Weapons

Issue Description (Required):

After a previous earlier update, the plasma was supposed to have the following function, being able to penetrate shield and be able to penetrate limbs and directly hit the torso.
But in the latest update, Plasma lost these abilities and could no longer penetrate shield, nor did it hit the torso after hitting a limb, but was calculated as limb damage.
As a result, plasma’s damage is reduced and it is no longer able to deal with shield enemies.
I checked the changelog for this and didn’t find any things for tweaking this part of the plasma, so I thought it was a bug

Steps to Reproduce (Required):

These issues can be observed with normal gameplay.

[PC] Do You Use Mods? (Optional):

Yes, and I’ve tried disabling them

Reproduction Rate (Required):

Constant (100%)

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

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To clarify OP’s post, the Plasma Gun has been completely neutered versus Bulwark shields. No amount of spamming will knock it back, and it does a negligible amount of damage penetrating through it. The behavior can be easily replicated in the meatgrinder.

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I’ve been experiencing the exact same issue even after the Hotfix.
Plasma gun’s limb damage(or cleave maybe?) before hitting torso seems to be significantly nerfed and no longer doing damage through Bulwark’s shield.