All in the image.
http://i.imgur.com/WMA6BO3.jpg
Snarby
Sometimes charge animations mess up.
That's a sword using a bomb animation.
obviously they just found the combuster for the first time so they need to proudly display it over their head. Game is inspired by legend of zelda after all...
But yeah it's an animation bug
You found a Combuster! Activate the sound effect!
It will replace your Levi Blade FOREVER!
That means you can't switch back! Good luck fighting Gremlins!
Good job Chaos Link.
It's actually very easy to reproduce, but there's a little catch to it. Only others will be able to see the glitch.
To do it, equip a bomb and a sword (or a gun works too).
Make the bomb your active weapon.
Swap to your sword and quickly start charging it (and by quickly I mean instantly).
Voila! The bomb animation will be used to charge your sword
It's also quite fun to do with gun as your active weapon and a bomb as the weapon you switch to. Your character will look like he's very politely offering the bomb to someone. Have fun!
In Tier 2 Lockdown, somebody's Sealed Sword grew so large it covered all the players' screens LOL
@Hippo
If you use game menus for the release of the first charge+wep swap, it will be visible for everyone.
The more you know! It's great to see there's always something new to learn there.
Perhaps the most important part of this "glitch" is that it is actually a useful mechanic in combat (sort of). Doing the same steps to reproduce the glitch but attacking instead of charging will make the attack animation of the switched from weapon stack with the switched to weapon, which seems and that seems to be confirmed (from personal experience, not however experiments!) make the attack come out faster. Definitely useful to Lockdown, possibly for clockworks too but to a lesser degree.
Sometimes when I attack and switch weapons at almost the same time, it results in a combination of attacks - For example, I use (upgrades of) an Autogun and Calibur. Sometimes, my sword swings, dealing damage, and at the same time shoots 3 Autogun bullets, which also deal damage.
You guys, try guarding when you're using the Arsenal Station.. xD
It's a bug.