I think they use them to strike dramatic poses (Destiny)

by scarab , Saturday, May 03, 2014, 16:23 (3859 days ago) @ uberfoop

but aside from Voguing I'm not sure what else they do with them.

I've tried watching the game play vids for examples of real use for those arms and I haven't seen any. (Not saying that they don't do something useful but any real use hasn't registered.)

I could imagine that they'd carry short blades when they wield the large sword with their large arms and they'd use the small arms to defend themselves when they wind up for a big strike with the big sword. They can make a big back swing and be safe because you couldn't get in under their guard (the smaller arms have got that covered).

I wonder if the animators have difficulty thinking of things for the small arms to do.

Could they carry and wield the secondary weapon. The small arms (pistol) could be carried and wielded by the small arms and the larger arms (those big flame throwers) could be carried and wielded by the large arms.

From your comment I guess that I'm not the only one who has noticed that the small arms are underutilised.

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No sense of real threat - scarab, 2014-05-03, 10:16
- No sense of real threat - RC, 2014-05-03, 10:25
  - We cross posted. DOH! See my other post - scarab, 2014-05-03, 10:27
  - How do the shields work? - scarab, 2014-05-03, 10:59
    - I think you've got it :) - Ragashingo, 2014-05-03, 12:57
- If the city is shielded - scarab, 2014-05-03, 10:26
  - If the city is shielded - RC, 2014-05-03, 11:51
    - If the city is shielded - scarab, 2014-05-03, 16:37
      - If the city is shielded - stabbim, 2014-05-05, 10:00
  - Resources. - Ragashingo, 2014-05-03, 13:04
    - Resources. - ZackDark, 2014-05-03, 13:57
  - If the city is shielded - stabbim, 2014-05-05, 10:02
- No sense of real threat - Xenos, 2014-05-03, 12:42
  - No sense of real threat - uberfoop, 2014-05-03, 13:25
    - No sense of real threat - Xenos, 2014-05-03, 13:26
      - No sense of real threat - INSANEdrive, 2014-05-03, 13:34
        
        No sense of real threat - SonofMacPhisto, 2014-05-03, 13:53
        
        I lost it with this one - ZackDark, 2014-05-03, 13:57
        
        I lost it with this one - Quirel, 2014-05-03, 14:04
        
        So many bear puns. Make it stop. - INSANEdrive, 2014-05-03, 14:20
    - I think they use them to strike dramatic poses - scarab, 2014-05-03, 16:23
      - I think they use them to strike dramatic poses - uberfoop, 2014-05-03, 22:14
        
        So the problem is company wide. Oh dear :-) - scarab, 2014-05-04, 00:29
  - Show: don't tell. - scarab, 2014-05-03, 16:28
  - No sense of real threat - Blackt1g3r, 2014-05-05, 14:30

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I think they use them to strike dramatic poses (Destiny)