Spoiler: Show I'm sure the shields on the armor somehow make it impossible for the restraints to attach at too high a velocity, and must therefore be placed on the shields/armor, blah blah blah (I've prepared your response for you, Grim!), but as it stands it's kinda funny/strange that there's no context for that in the game.

...is the fact that they didn't build guns for Locke's team to SHOOT the armor restraints at Blue Team. Can you imagine if Chief and Locke were wrestling, and the rest of Osiris just shot him in the back with restraints from the platform? Lol!