Shooting Star
“ | One shot from this and it's see you, space cowboy.
— Shooting Star publicity blurb
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The Shooting Star is a community-created primary weapon for the Sniper. It is a sniper rifle made from a jury-rigged laser, equipped with a telescopic sight with two fins atop it, a laser sight directly underneath that, and a team-colored button on each side and the back. A parabolic antenna protrudes from the barrel of the rifle with a small tube of team-colored liquid at the end of the barrel. The rifle is constructed from grayish-green metal and covered in a cream material at the stock and body of the rifle.
This rifle also has a unique sound effect when fired while scoped in.
This rifle can be achieved via an Invasion update crate unbox.
Enemies killed by the Shooting Star suffer a distinctive death by incineration, wherein they disintegrate into smoldering orange ash that quickly fades away, with an effect similar to a death due to the Phlogistinator, C.A.P.P.E.R, Third Degree,and the Man Melter.
This weapon functions identically to the Machina.
The Shooting Star was contributed to the Steam Workshop.
Contents
[hide]Damage and function times
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Shot type | Hitscan | |
Damage type | Bullet | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Ranged | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 0%: 50100%: 150Full: 173
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Critical | 0%: 150100%: 450Full: 518
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Mini-crit | 0%: 68100%: 203Full: 234
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Function times | ||
Attack interval | 1.5 s | |
Maximum charge time | 3.3 s | |
Zoom-in charging delay | 1 s | |
Zoom-in headshot delay | 0.2 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Demonstration
Strange variant
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Update history
October 6, 2015 Patch (Invasion Community Update)
- The Shooting Star was added to the game.
Bugs
- The Killstreak sheens for the Shooting Star travel upwards towards the scope of the weapon instead of towards the front like standard weapons.
- The Shooting Star lacks the description "Team Colored Weapon", and their BLU team variants cannot be viewed in the backpack unless playing on BLU team.
Trivia
- A shooting star is the visible path left behind a meteoroid as it enters Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteor. It also points to the Sniper's profession as an assassin.
- When the Invasion Update first launched, the Shooting Star and the Giger Counter were able to be crafted by use of tokens. This was later patched.
- The publicity blurb mentions the phrase "See you, space cowboy.", a popular quote from the anime Cowboy Bebop.
Gallery
See also
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