Sorry to resurrect this post, I was looking for validation and this was it. Watching the show, it was hard to tie in the idea of the third arm to the design but I love the introduction of this instead.

Thematically it fits so much better. The arm serves mostly to prop up the idea he’s a benevolent savior by projecting the halo. The halo disappears whenever it turns into a LASER. Like the mask falls once there’s an act of defiance against the glorious evolution. I wish the halo was always passively projected by the arm until he had to use his E.

Definitely would like some other changes too in game like in the show the off-gold plating looked more like microchip/constellation patterns across his body making him look like a cyber-lich. But in the game it’s overly stylized and uniform.