Is Motivational Shocks still bugged?

So I've got 2 questions: I read that [as of a month ago, for who knows how long, Motivational Shocks has been bugged](https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1lbi9jk/motivational_shocks_helps_enemies_recover_from/). That seems like it'd be a high priority fix but a ton of people just left to enjoy summer, is that still the case? I don't remember seeing anything in patch notes but there was just a big fix to stuns..? And independent of that, does Motivational Shocks impact the time you are stunned after an impact/ragdoll? It's not clear if the ragdoll stunlock is an effect you recover from or just the time the devs assigned for enough compute cycles to process leaving the ragdoll state and re-establish the model in the geometry with player control.

I'm debating getting Polar Patriots since I really like artillery so the armor having extra throw distance would be nice, I routinely run the Scorcher plasma gun and read the Purifier is supposed to be great, same for Tenderizer and Verdict, plus an incendiary grenade? Seems like a lot of great stuff with diversity. But the real draw for me was Motivational Shocks because I think one of the most common and frustrating ways to die is when I'm hit with an explosion and ragdoll, when I land I'm usually badly injured and stunlocked so I can't stim before something finishes me off, but cutting that stun down might let me get the stim off and survive. Does Motivational Shock alter ragdoll stun? Also in general what do people think about Polar Patriots compared to other options? I was otherwise debating Cutting Edge since I like the laser weapons but the armor and others don't seem that great, or Freedom's Flame since I like to run flamethrower for bugs (only have Democratic Detonation).