I had thought that it was only a visual glitch . But I have personally experienced times when I have not gained stars , when I should have . <| sep |> Yeah , recovery has always been an important counter . After all , Neutralize characters already basically keep one character out of the fight . Get five of them , and even if one of the opposing characters has a recovery AR , they won ' t be able to get it off . However , if I understand it correctly , if there ' s a human shield active , one of the impairs is guaranteed to be the human shield . Since the main usefulness of a human shield isn ' t generally their AR , that ' s only one character ' s usefulness removed . If a character dies while impaired , and is revived , does it come back impaired ? If not , just letting the characters die and then reviving them would be counter .