User blog comment:Garhdo/Omega: First thoughts/@comment-5362182-20121128151619/@comment-5531586-20121128210916

If you think about it, BioWare could have gave them much tougher armour and shields and gave them a Claymore. Turned them into a boss-type enemy of sorts.

Instead, they gave them weak armour, weak guns and the mechs automatically became cannon fodder.