I don't like energy weapons. And I don't really like Ed-E except as a suitcase.

But in my most recent game, I picked up the YCS/186 (I collect everything) and, like I do with most things, I passed it to Ed-E to hold. Which I guess I've never done before because... I found myself in some fights and the eyeball started shooting gauss projectiles. More strange: he's not holding any of my ammo.

Ed-E has never, ever used any of the weapons I've ever given it to hold.

So now I am kind of liking Ed-E and that weapon he's got... and I'm afraid to take the weapon away (to have him upgraded by the BoS dontcha know) because I don't know if that was just a (beneficial) glitch or not.

So what I'm wondering is, has anybody else experienced Ed-E using either the unique YCS/186 or the generic Gauss?

EDIT: and it just tossed one of the Plasma Grenades I gave it to hold... what the hell is going on here?!

The obvious question...are you on PC/using mods?

If not...would have no idea. Sounds like a major glitch with EDE's companion script becoming mixed up with a human companion script.

I give all my weapons to ED-E because Boone will use them. He is more effective with his own rifle and magic ammo.

Never, either before or after the patch, has ED-E used anything but his own weapon. I have never given him the YCS/186 (because I always keep it) but it could be that it, and the plasma grenades, is stronger than his own—especially if you haven't yet upgraded.

On that note

Since the patch his upgraded weapon is blue. Since I got the patch after he was upgraded and haven't started a new game yet, I don't know if his original Zapper is still red.

From your comment I am assuming that you haven't upgraded him yet, no?

Hm...that's always possible. I thought he wouldn't use anything but his own weapons but I've never given him any of the powerful energy weapons to hold, either.

However, if the OP hasn't put any ammo into EDE's inventory, it still sounds suspicious to me that EDE would use a non-default weapon w/out being given ammo.

Not on Harcore mode.

I always thought the companions would use their weapons only with their magic ammo. However it seems that Ed-E default weapon uses the same ammo as the YCS. (what does the YCS use?)

Here is what you can do, save the game first, then make a new save (forking your save file) and then on the new save, take the gun away from Ed-E, play the game a bit until he shoots something else, then give him back the gun to see if he uses it again. If he does not, then load up the original save and don't take the gun from him again.

The only real question I have, is how does Ed-E throw a Grenade? The guy has no arms......

On a saved game I had prior to the patch, after the patch ED-E used his

True, but on hardcoe I feel ED-E would be as useless as Rex or Dogmeat.

Just tested this on a PC (no mods), with a pre-upgrade E-DE and it didn't use it in two combat situations when it would have been the ideal choice of weapon.

Gauss uses MF cells.
So I assume Ed-E uses them.
I need to give him the holorifle on my non EW character if he uses it.

Have you even ever played on hardcoe mode? That's a pretty bold statement. I find ED-E and Rex both EXTREMELY useful and hardcoe is the only mode I play. Now, if your CHR is real low, then all of your companions are going to be crap.

hardcoe > Normal

Last i checked i thought guasse rifle shots are different than his upgraded laser. So why is everyone talking about it?

They're both blue?

Grenade-tossing eyebots... What is this world coming to?

I've used ED-E twice and let him die happily. Useless. The first time a horde of bighorners killed him. I've been using them a bit since. Offed the Viper leader with a herd just the other day.

hardcoe very hard.

ED-E is far from useless, he just isn't a big mean killing machine. He is an early warning system.

I'm on a 360. I guess this is just a bug manifesting.

After I triggered his logs, but before I upgraded him, I gave him the YCS. Prior to that, he only ever used his laser. After giving him the YCS, he used only blue projectiles. I took it from him and upgraded with the BoS, figuring I could have the best of both worlds. When he came back, I took him to Fiend territory - sans YCS - and he used mostly his laser with a few blasts of blue. Passed him the YCS, and it was in reverse: mostly blue blasts, some red lasers.

When he is not carrying the YCS, there is no sound when he fires blue projectiles, but there is one when he's carrying the weapon.

I'm guessing that the bug somehow gave him the FotA upgrade.

The grenades had to be a glitch. I passed him 15 at some point and later found myself at Bonnie Springs -- I kill the MFing Cazadors (those [censored] things!!!!) and then, as I'm being swarmed by Vipers, I get caught in the blast of a plasma grenade (Vipers don't carry those things). As I'm wondering WTF is going on, there's another blast. So in the middle of the fight, I open Ed-E to take back the grenades and there are 13. I've tried to get him to do it again, but nothing. I keep careful count of my plasma grenades since I can never seem to get enough of them, so I know I wasn't mistaken.

:shrug:

fly foreward reaaaalllly fast then swoop upwards a bit then open its chest and carpet bomb the area maybe? :spotted owl:
that could also be a humorous way to get headbutted by ED-E

walking along, argueing with a floating eye, and it eventually gets 'angry' and head-butts you

@granitedevil- the vipers there may have plasma or pulse grenades, I got some off of one of them.

ED-E has always had that gauss on him! I assume you updated his operating system from Windows XP to Windows 7? Likely the cause.

In Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, R2D2 was able to spit out Luke's light saber. So I would guess that ED-E has some kind of storage port that he can eject stuff from.


Maybe he turns around and opens his back door and blows out a grenade when he feels like it.

One point if ED-E causes a knock down effect with his new walking stick YCS - 186, then she / he / it is using it...
If no one gets knocked down then it's just her / his / its upgraded weapon, or the alien blaster bug that pops up.

V with a gauss = knock down, ED-E with one would do so too.
Otherwise she / he / it is not using it and you became mistaken, or confused post patch.