Quote Originally Posted by MiniPrinny View Post
Machinists have legs made of steel. Seriously though? It's just poor animation work. The animations look fine, but anyone who knows how guns work, especially the high-powered rifles we have in Eorzea, knows the legs help absorb the recoil.
You are also firing that high powered rifle with only 1 hand. There are whole videos of people getting hurt from not holding a gun correctly, but our characters pull it off.

Roukiz has has it right though, it's all about movement.