Could we have some altered MCH animations?

[Shurrikhan]

Those bullets are made from aether, and you can manipulate aether anyway you want.

Then I guess I'll just summon my LB3 orbital assault ray for every GCD?

We can't manipulate aether "any way we want". We have, at most, a very limited ability to teleport linked objects from the Manufactury to within proximity of our packs and return them thereafter.

How we suddenly went from being able to summon small devices like a Rook and Bishop turret to summoning entire volleys of ordinance which we could then freeze in the air, automatically activate, and personally guide require a hefty stretch of imagination. Though, at least then summoning personal siege weapons on the fly as of ShB seems a relatively small gap from there...