Lore: Robotic Drones questions

I'm eyeing this up for one of my characters, and had a few questions for anyone out there who's used it.

1) What do the drones look like? I'm under the impression from somewhere that they're little hovering things like Battle Orbs or Targetting Drones rather than bipedal robots. Is this right?

2) Red Tomax says the Shield Drone's Dispersion Bubble adds 5% Defence and Mag 1 protection vs Stun/Hold etc. Mag 1 can't be right can it? That won't have any effect. Does the Shield Drone provide useful mez protection? Is the 5% Defence correct?

3) Does the Shield Drone use its stimulant/heal on the player regularly, especially if I get held or stunned?

I can really only answer one, as I have no in-game experience with them.

They look like the targeting drone from devices, or the little robotic drone combat bet you get through Paragon reward points.

The issue with the heal is, as far as I can tell, it's got a 3 second animation and the heal only occurs at the end of it. By the time you receive the heal, you might have already recovered or died.

It says it has a 8 second recharge but the pet doesn't seem to want to use it nearly as often as that, even if you're consistently injured, in my limited experience with the tier2 so far.

Should go with the core version if you need a -regen option in the lore category. Otherwise id choose something else.

Do you have Lore already unlocked?

I don't know when you can, but at some point it lets you color your Lore powers, and you can view all Lore powers with their summons in the power customizing window, just like you can in character creator.

Thats a great idea, Starfall.

I've got Lore unlocked on one character, so I can have a preview of the drones there.

For the power effects, you can right-click on the appropriate square in the Create tab of the Incarnate, and see what their powers actually are. You don't have to have the Lore slot unlocked or even be level 50 to check them.