Longbow is a Legendary E-Tech sniper rifle in Borderlands 2 manufactured by Hyperion. It can only be obtained as a drop from Badass Creepers in the Caustic Caverns.
Special Weapon Effects[]
Ceci n'est pas une sniper rifle! – Always incendiary. Fires slow-moving, Minecraft-styled arrows that have a parabolic trajectory at the cost of 1 ammo per shot. +150% critical hit damage. Cannot spawn with a scope.
Usage & Description[]
The lack of a scope makes the Longbow primarily suitable for close to mid-range combat. The parabolic arc of the arrows means that aim will need adjustment to compensate for the arc of the arrow.
When auto-targeting is turned on in the options menu, the snap-to targeting places the arc of the Longbow's projectile immediately at a standard humanoid enemy's head. A major advantage of the Longbow is its extreme accuracy; firing may not actually increase accuracy. Evidence of this can be shown as the rifle itself has very minimum movement when the sights are aimed down.
Notes[]
- Although it is displayed as a legendary weapon, the Longbow is internally classified as an E-tech weapon, with a barrel part, SR_Barrel_Alien_Longbow. The Longbow's status as an E-tech weapon is also evident in inventories, where the weapon will be grouped with E-tech weapons rather than with legendary weapons.
- Unlike standard legendary or E-tech weapons, the Longbow can spawn without an accessory, giving it the prefix Thermogenic.
- Since the Longbow will always lack a scope, it cannot spawn with the accessories that would affix to the scope. These include the fire rate (Operational), damage (Auditing) and magazine size (Resource) accessories.
- The Longbow was dropped by Mister Boney Pants Guy on Day 6 of Week 1 of the Borderlands 2 Loot Hunt.
- The Longbow was modified via a hotfix released on October 17th, 2013 as part of the Borderlands 2 Loot Hunt. Its chance to ignite was increased by 4.5%, while its damage was increased by 20%. As with all hotfixes released as part of the loot hunt, these changes were later incorporated into a permanent patch.
Trivia[]
- The English flavor text is is a reference to Magritte's The Treachery of Images, a painting of a pipe with the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." (French for "This is not a pipe") written underneath. The flavor text faithfully replicates it barring the last two words, which are in English, not French.
- The French flavor text is "Ceci n'est pas un fusil de précision!", or "This is not a sniper rifle!" in English.
- Longbow shares the same firing sound as all common Hyperion non-E-Tech Sniper Rifles.
- As a further reference to Minecraft, its fixed incendiary element is a nod to the only "elemental" enchantment the Minecraft bow can get, Flame, which allows it to launch flaming arrows.
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