It’s ironic that the sonic power set is becoming most notorious for its visuals, in particular the sonic shields and their fit-inducing stuff.
Next patch on Test should have the proposed fix, which is primarily removing the flasing/strobing aspects of the power. While some folks might dislike how it still looks (spinning rings, atom-style), I think that’s going to help a lot.
Running over the weekend with Amethyst, the sonic defender in the party was putting these on everyone, and they all strobed differently and it was making even me a little queazy. This is a definite improvement.