Autobot Drone
Decepticon Drone
In War for Cybertron, drones are the basic hindrance/enemy that the player faces, but occasionally, some Drones on the player's team will provide assistance. In the Autobot campaign, downed Autobot drones can be revived. The player can also face drones in the form of Starscream's soldiers in Chapter I. These soldiers resemble Autobot drones by appearance, but are completely neutral, only with a dark green and yellow color scheme.
Types[]
- Machine Gunner - These are scout sized and carry standard Neutron Assault Rifles and Energon Battle Pistols. They occasionally transform and move around blasting at you with their vehicle Assault Rifles. Some variants, as characterized by their unique glowing bodies, instead carry Photon Burst Rifles. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Car).
- Shotgunner - These enhanced scouts have an overshield ability that can be activated almost any time. They carry EMP Shotguns, and even use Flak Grenades and EMP Grenades to add to their resume. They almost never transform at all. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Car).
- Rocketeer - Some bright spark decided to give drones Thermo Rocket Launchers. The result: Even more hindrance. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Car).
- Seeker/Aerialbot - These guys almost always remain in jet form, and buzz around shooting you with their Jet Machine Guns and performing bombing runs. Occasionally they will land and start hovering, whilst blasting you with an X12 Scrapmaker (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Jet).
- Cloaker - These mini-formers rarely transform, but hide instead, whilst blasting you with Plasma Cannons. They can cloak even whilst firing, although this can give away their position. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Car).
- Brute - Armed with a big shield, a hammer/axe-like weapon capable of performing shockwaves and a rocket launcher, these are one of two enemies that require some form of strategy to defeat - shooting them in the backpack which is their only vulnerable spot. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Truck).
- Titan- Titans are hulking enemies with loads of armor, armed with an Ion displacer. Upon death, they drop the Displacer. (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Truck).
- Destroyer - Massive, invulnerable tanks. The tank forcibly transforms when its fuel cell is destroyed, and then dies when you shoot it repeatedly in the torso. The tank has a lightning blast attack, and the robot has a rapid-fire Nucleon shock cannon, and a Magma Frag Launcher. Get too close to it whether it be bot or tank form, and it will use the shockwave ability (Alt. Mode: Cybertronian Tank).
Notes[]
- When they transform, they go through a period of invulnerability, which is really annoying in Escalation mode.
- The Decepticon Drones are not Decepticlones.
- In the Autobot Chapter "Defend Iacon", the achievement "Paging Ratchet" can be unlocked by reviving all five downed Autobot drones.