Quasar Cannon Self-Detonation

[Zapp Brannigan]

I've noticed that the Quasar Cannon has some issues when wearing a shield pack or if you have a wall/surface behind you.

It seems to have some micro back blast or something that often causes me to explode on firing. This rarely happens when wearing a shield pack, and occasionally happens when there is a rock or wall behind me.

Very frustrating to be running solo and losing lives to the weapon blowing up in your hands.

[Mission Controll]

Yes, not many but some players seem to have this issue. Who knows for what reason, maybe some latency issue. Maybe the shield backpack has an influence.

[Milkalazer]

happened to me 3 times in a row

[Mission Controll]

Many people doubt it because they don't experience it themselves, so I went and tried to recreate it. Got pretty "lucky" here, I have to say. I didn't edit the video at all, so skip to 1:30 to watch me explode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GoeeprbKo4&ab_channel=Shick

[Sokaku]

I really don't get it, I see so many videos of people using this thing with the energy shield and no mention of it blowing up in their face, yet this happens every time I take the damned thing out with the shield. It's not foliage as this latest elimination round was on one of the barren bug worlds, twice it blew up in my face taking out brood commanders, I was standing, not even crouched and nothing was around me, the second time I was at the extraction area. These were solo runs, so unless the game has some whack latency sending my data to US East Coast or something like that when I am in Australia, I can't see this being latency.

Mission Controll's video is exactly the same issue I have. Same thing happens regardless of scope or 3rd person. I was wearing medium armour so the blast was not fatal but nearly, and each time sent me flying forward into the group of targets. I have run it with the jump pack once so far and it didn't explode in my face. Note that this isn't the cannon itself exploding like an overcharge rail cannon. The Quasar is just fine and can be picked up again, it is like the projectile is interacting with the shield and detonating early in our face. I have no such interactions with the shield any any other weapon. I haven't experienced EATs blowing up in my face or such.

[Zapp Brannigan]

So after some games today I can for sure say that the Quasar Cannon has backblast and that it is occasionally triggering off the user's shield backpack. Multiple times today, while fighting bugs, I was thrown forward towards my target. No bug deals explosive damage, so it wasn't like a random stray hit from something else.