Seriously, this has been pretty annoying for a long time. Make it a trade off on PVP, the defensive aspect of the barricade lasting only ONE full BoltCharge and then disappear for having a broken AOE damage. Teams literally just bunker up behind the barricade and literally wipe anything and anyone for what it is way too much time on PVP.
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Jotunn will one-shot any Barricade, which allows you to swap to your Primary while the projectile is in flight and able to easily hit the Guardian(s) behind it. Cloudstrike also would be a great counter as usually the player head is exposed and if a team is bunched up behind it, they would also be hit. Failing that, most Hakke weapons with the Origin Trait can quickly remove a Barricade and is one of my favorite Foundries for PvP due to Turrets and other spawnable objects.