That's why I'm doing it first.I heard it was pretty bad.
I find Mothership Zeta a lot more fun and Point Lookout left me wondering if I had missed a load of content, kinda felt a bit short changed, pleased I got in the GOTY bundle or I would have been a bit dissapointed with it.
For the shielded aliens it might be worth trying to use their guns against them (the pistol is better I find), use VATS and aim for head and when possible always attempt the sneak crit headshot in the VATS first shot. Pick out the shielded aliens in groups in case you get detected afterwards and lose your crit sneak bonus. It might mean sneaking around more but it works for me.