: Before people start going crazy about this kind of stuff I think its
: important to remember (and ridiculous to have to remind) that some things
: are done for the sake of game play , period.

So, what's to stop them from using the Concussion Rifle or the Plasma Launcher as the cluster munition machine gun? Those seem like they would be a closer fit.

: Fun for the sake of fun.

...
Don't get any of it on me!

: Besides, I would expect everyone here to have 'head canon' smart enough to
: know that the SPNK rocket launcher doesn't do rocket volleys for example
: ;)

Sigh.
I guess I just work differently than you. It just feels like a massive failure of the imagination when I see a very familiar weapon shoehorned into a role it doesn't fit.

: I mean, people played a lot of Pac-Man in the day and never questioned why he
: didn't need to take a humongous dump after consuming all those pellets
: amirite??

Well, that was all a nightmare sequence, so the Pac-Man wasn't really eating anything.