@wy4ttc I think a lot of the ideas are cool but we need to consider a couple things-
1- His tactical and ultimate take him out of fights in a shooting game. Think about this. I believe this alone makes people like me not want to use him.
2- In competitive he seems to be getting used more and more. I watched Albralelie use him and absolutely wreck pred lobbies.
Thinking about the above this means he has abilities already that are useful but he is high skill. I can count on one hand the amount of decent crypto I've played with. And this is due to him having to be in a drone for any special abilities. Until there is a change that makes that easier to switch between drone and not drone, his pick rate with stay low. Or if the buffs are like you mention and pretty extreme making his drone completely OP.