For me it tends to fire over the low end of the damage spectrum. it's 35/70 phys damage, and I'm constantly getting, like, 28 over 8 resist, or 1 over 44 resist + lvl 10 shield. on a "naked" mech it is theoretically capable of dealing 70, however I rarely see it do above 48.

Anyone else noticed this?

You're absolutely right!
I've never seen any significant damage!
A drone that's not worth the gamble if you asked me!

I see how it is easily overpowering at higher than average damage. no other drone at that lvl comes close. however there are ways around this, other than it constantly rolling low damage

I say either bad luck or it's been nerfed

there I said it

Yeah, it's super frustrating. I have hit people without resistances and they hit harder on my level 22 resistance. It's all random, every 35 or so hits, it gets a high hit (like 50 or 35 or so on a resistance of 22).

plus, it runs out!