For his crew, it was the appearance, for MarKus, it was his approach. That kinda stuff is best for assassinations and pranks, and Vincent didn't seem like he cared for the latter at all.

Maybe one day he could produce elemental bullets, but didn't a job class do that for him. He had Gunner but... he didn't ask for it, or want it. It kinda just happened.

"More to give us an advantage against the enemy. The Empire has a lot of machines they like to use so, lightning-element weapons are going to help a lot. Particularly for those who don't know machines like I do. I assume you do to since, Yuffie likes to say there's giant robots back in your world?"