[quote=Little_ninja]
Well, this promoter (although hiding it) is a mechanical soldier, he can take on even Stage IV Gastrea, head on. So his fine with being up close, and he has a gunblade, in the cases of close combat, being able to swap it during mid range to a shotgun mode, and assemble his AUG for distance, while adjusting it if they come back into mid. xD
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I'd assume even for mechanical soldiers its pointless to get in close when they have a initiator. Even mechanical soldiers don't really seem better than initiators lol. Well it depends really. The anime probably just haven't gotten to the uber super powered mechanical soldiers yet lol.