Talk:Drone cannon

The Weapon?
Is it me or does the tip of that weapon look like a drill?

If it is I'm calling it the Gurren Lagann drill!!!

sign your posts Gurren Lagann fag.--75.138.98.42 22:39, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Next time you use that kind of language, I'm reporting you straight to the mods. We don't need that stuff here, what we need is relevant discussion and information regarding the articles and topics related to Fallout. But you were right in that he/she/it needed to sign their post, so props to that.


 * Mods, I'm sorry if this seems like mini-modding, but I just want everything here to be relevant to the articles. --EscapeTheApe 18:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

i just posted a pi of the cannon and yes it does appear the the head of the cannon is a drillBigDogW 18:02, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Effect
The name sounds like it launches little homing exploding robots or something, but the picture shows a fairly normal explosion. Hmm... 82.2.17.36 22:01, 16 July 2009 (UTC) Lambda


 * Maybe a spoof of the Ancient Drones (semi-intelligent missiles that go through the target multiple times before exploding with a relatively small force) from Stargate? Hehehe...--Amitakartok 18:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

This sounds like some kind of alien big gun you salvage from a destroyed robot. Its size gives credit to it being a big gun and not simply a rifle. And I'd guess its salvaged from a robot due to it being to big for the aliens themselves to use. --LordVukodlak 22:09, 18 July 2009 (UTC)


 * That's true, the alien at the Theta crash site looks kinda weak. No wonder the Blaster is so small.
 * Or what if the aliens originally live in lower gravity?--Amitakartok 18:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

in first person view there is different color wires sticking out witch means it probably wasn't meant to be carried.

I personally thought that the name "Drone Cannon", combined with the look of thing in both first person and third person views, suggested a weapon salvaged from one of the Alien drones, as opposed to one that fires drones. But, just my opinion - [Guest] 12:57, 24th July 2009 (UTC)

I thought this would be the Alien like Minigun. Look's like your holding it like a Minigun or a Gatling Laser. The Mercenary

Skill type?
Are we sure that it uses Big Guns? The Tesla Cannon uses Energy Weapons. Nitty 06:27, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not 100%, but from the last interview:
 * "The Disintegrator and Atomizer are both Energy Weapons, yes. We do, however, have new weapons for several other categories, including Melee, Big Guns, and Explosives. And not everything you'll find on the ship comes from the aliens."
 * The known weapons so far are Disintegrator, Atomizer, Shock Baton, Cryo Grenade and Drone Cannon. He's confirmed the first two as Energy Weapons and that Shock Baton = Melee Weapons as well as Cryo Grenade = Explosives is pretty obvious. Which leaves only the Drone Cannon as the Big Guns weapon. Granted, the Big Guns weapon could still be one that hasn't been announced at all yet. If people feel it's too speculative, it can be removed. Personally I'm pretty sure it'll be Big Guns (the Gatling Laser is Big Guns as well, the skill assignment is not that consistent with big energy weapons). -- Porter21 (talk) 06:37, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Also it seems weapon classes are somewhat based on weight. The Tesla Cannon, despite its size weighs only 7 lbs. The Drone Cannon weighs 18. --Bloodscar 21:44, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Is it just me?
Is it me or in the trailer, when the blast hits the alien, does it attach to him and explode a second later? or am I imagining it? SplittingTheAtom 01:38, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a glorified grenade launcher. You can bounce the explosive off of walls and stuff. Way more useful than a clunky missle launcher. Nitty 15:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

No picture in loot menu?
When you loot it from a corpse, there is no picture. Only a crossed out box and some error text. Is this just me? --FlameWolf 15:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Yep, it gives you a Pip-404 error. You're supposed to pick it up off the ground after blowing up the Guardian Drone. Nitty 15:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Does that "Pip-404 error" happen with items from mods, glitches, etc. or does it only happen with this item. If it only happens with this then methinks it's an intended effect, not a bug. I don't know though since I'm on the 360. --Bloodscar 21:39, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

It'll happen if there's nothing there for the PipBoy to reference. --Carpathian Cookie 00:37, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

It happens, because the cannon used by the drones is not the same as the one received by the player when he picks it up. It's a totally different item. The cannon used by the drone cannot be acquired by the player (as soon as the player picks it up, a script replaces it with the player version of the weapon), so the developers didn't bother adding an inventory icon, because you will never see this weapon in inventory, except when you loot you from the drone's inventory. But I guess it isn't even supposed to stay in its inventory, it's supposed to drop to the ground, as the user above noticed correctly, so the actual bug is not the missing icon, but the fact that the drone doesn't always drop it from its inventory when it is destroyed. WRFan 04:27, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

this weird thing happened i was pressing buttons when i was in a guardian drone's inventory and i got the guardian drone drone cannon the one with no pic, perfect condition, and it never degrades in dammage. i play on 360 so i don't know if they use a specific version in the geck files.--Wastelander6969 07:43, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I had the same thing happen and when I got it out of the drone's inventory, it shot like an automatic tesla cannon with infinite ammo and no reload. Here is a vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJvXxqi2zc 09:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

"When you kill a Guardian Drone, while searching in the bottom left hand corner (where the weapons image usually is) the drone cannon has a square with a line through it and says PipOS Error -26 [File Not Found]. The cannon in the looting screen is at full health but when taken the health is less."

To my knowledge, this is a feature, as PipOS is the Operating System of the Pip-Boy in-game, and the "Drone Cannon" weapon is not included in its database. Why Alien weapons are, but this certain one isn't I don't know, but this is most definately is a feature as it shows up regardless of story progression, character stats/status, etc. I've tested on all platforms, with any possible (unmodified) conditions.

In regards to this so-called "bug", I have removed it from the list until someone can provide an acceptable answer (with proof) that it is, in fact, a bug.

With regards, InceptionPrime 22:21, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Too bouncy!
I find the drone cannon to be way too balky to use. The orb bounces everywhere except near your target it seems, and it suffers from the same problem in VATS as all the other ballistic projectile weapons. --MadCat221 15:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That's why I prefer Ex-B over this. //--TehK (tok) 18:33, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

The thing's bouncy so you can shoot around corners and get ricochet kills, like a proper grenade launcher. Nitty 18:35, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

You just have to figure out the proper angle to turn this gun into an extremely effective killing apparatus, try thinking of it as if you're aiming a laser pointer at a mirror, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of approach, hit a surface at 45 degrees, the shot will bounce off at ~45 degrees. However there is a little variation as the projectiles don't travel straight ahead and the spread is 0.5, just play with it a little while until you get the hang of it, then you'll be bouncing explosives around corners and up/down stairs like a master.--DashMan54 18:55, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Bioshock Big Daddy Drill
I removed the trivia section which said that the drone cannon resembled a Big daddy's drill from the game 'BioShock'. It seemed like a bit of a stretch for a reference. The drone cannon resembled any old heavy drill. Bald Eagle Brennan 18:40, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Good man, it's not even based off a Drill. it's meant to look like the stereotypical Multi-Disked raygun --Drsalvador 18:43, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Bugged Drone Cannon?
where is the Bugged Drone Cannon located and are there more than one?

I found one in the Robot Factory or whatever that area is called. --81.154.177.184 11:56, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

''If you drop the bugged Drone Cannon it will become a normal Drone Cannon (Xbox 360, unconfirmed). However leaving the weapon in a locker seems to preserve the bug(unconfirmed) '' I'd like to say that if you drop the bugged cannon, it does indeed turn into a normal one. But if you leave it in a storage container and hit a loading screen, it will also convert back to a normal drone cannon. --99.185.99.165 16:51, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Today i found out that the glitched cannon is actually the Drone's actual cannon. The one you get when you loot the drone isn't the one it actually uses. I found this out while hexing and found this:

DLC05WeapRobotCannonNonPlayer

8 001AF124 0148F2 0200C9C3

DLC05WeapRobotCannonNonPlayerScript

9 001AF137 01436C 0200160C

I'm not sure if this info could be helpful in anyway but I thought I would post it anyway.--99.185.99.165 21:02, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Automatic Drone Cannon
I'm not sure If this this what your talking about when you say "bugged cannon", but found this in the weapons lab (looted of a drone guardian). It glitches so that it is held upright, and fires round after round without reloading, and as long as you have 1 alien power moduale, it will take up no ammo! Best gun ever!

Selling drone cannons
Where can I sell these things and not lose out on caps? I looted several off the Mothership and they are worth like 1800 caps. The only places I sold them were at Moria's after buying stuff for my house and at Flak & Shrapnel's after buying a ton of ammo and stimpaks from them. 20:55, February 5, 2011 (UTC)TheLizardKing89