Issues with Machinist design

[Kalise]

The bulky thing that seems to lose more animation interactions each expansion?

Yes. Since, technically, it's main purpose is to draw in ambient aether and convert it into bullets directly inside your gun. So you can shoot non-stop, without needing to carry around millions of bullets to load in manually.

I thought the art was formed to shoot dragons, not... shoot dragons?... Hmm.

Hey, don't you know the saying? Fight Dragonfire with Dragonfire!

Also, the Azure Dragoon uses dragon power to fight dragons. That's literally their schtick.