Do drones with Area / Auto-Fire weapons installed on Integrated Weapon Mounts use Mechanic DC?

[oimandibloons]

If I install a Stellar Cannon or Machine Gun on my drone with an Integrated Weapon Mount, am I able to use Area/Auto-Fire? If so, what DC do I use?

[Justnobodyfqwl]

I was wondering about this too, I can't find any guidance for this. All other animal companion abilities that have a DC tell you how to determine it on a case by case basis.

[oimandibloons]

Justnobodyfqwl wrote:

I was wondering about this too, I can't find any guidance for this. All other animal companion abilities that have a DC tell you how to determine it on a case by case basis.

Even on the mechanic, the drone exocortex feats that give your drones stuff like spinning blades call for the Mechanic's class DC. Maybe this is belated playtest feedback but I think Integrated Weapon Mount, if it's going to make it to final release, should have a clause about Area and Auto Fire using, idk, Mechanic class DC or something.

[QuidEst]

oimandibloons wrote:

If I install a Stellar Cannon or Machine Gun on my drone with an Integrated Weapon Mount, am I able to use Area/Auto-Fire? If so, what DC do I use?

There is no DC defined, so drones probably can't area fire right now. I submitted feedback about that, but the difficulty is that if drones could just use the Mechanic's DC for area fire, it would give an option for them to attack that doesn't care about their advancement feats, since it's only reliant on the Mechanic's stats and proficiencies.