No, they're fine as they are, just wish Dark Retribution would hit the battlepods at the boss fight of OCH with its rotating orbs rather than with only the initial blast.

Their shielding is a fun mechanic that provokes strategic play where you have to survive between the periods of the battlepod's shield being down then trying to get as much damage on it as the shield is lowered, which requires you to actually think rather than just storming in and killing everything in seconds.

They should give more rewards when destroyed though. They're tough enemies so for only something that'd drop from a retrode would drop from a battlepod makes me really disappointed.