Righteous Bison
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| Righteous Bison | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Soldier |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Released: | July 20, 2011 Patch |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Promotional |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 4 |
| Ammo carried: | ∞ |
| Reload type: | Single |
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 The Righteous Bison |
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| “ | Pack up the tea, boys! We are joining the Space Marines!
— The Soldier
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The Righteous Bison is a secondary weapon for the Soldier. It is a handheld retro-future or steampunk styled ray gun.
This weapon fires an unreflectable projectile that delivers reduced damage against buildings but is capable of piercing through targets; it is possible to hit the same target repeatedly with the same shot as well as multiple targets in a direct line. It does not feature the traditional ammo reserve used by other weapons. Additionally, it can be used to light Huntsman arrows held by a friendly Sniper.
Enemies killed by the Bison suffer a unique death; they will turn black and hover in mid-air, performing a specific disintegration animation, while surrounded by team-colored particles.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 125% | 20 |
| Base damage | 100% | Players: 164 |
| Maximum fall-off | 75% | 12 |
| Point blank | 17-63 | |
| Medium range | 11-42 | |
| Long range | 11-42 | |
| Critical | 36-60 | |
| Mini-crit | 14-31 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Reload (first) | 0.92 s | |
| Reload (consecutive) | 0.4 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Item set
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Crafting
Blueprint
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As a Crafting Ingredient
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Update history
July 19, 2011 [Item schema update]
- The item was added to the item schema as 'Mystery Item'.[1]
- The Righteous Bison was added to the game.
- Optimized many particle effects related to the Righteous Bison.
- Updated the gamehaptics file
- Added recoil/draw/crit/reload forces for the Righteous Bison.
Bugs
- Causing an enemy spy to feign death with the Bison will sometimes create 2 corpses: one 'ragdoll' corpse and one 'vaporized' corpse.
- This weapon will not set off pumpkin bombs, due to the projectiles traveling through them.
- With viewmodels disabled, the projectile cannot be seen by the Soldier firing it.
Trivia
- The appearance of this weapon is based on that of 'The Righteous Bison - Indivisible Particle Smasher', which can be purchased from the online store at Weta Workshop.
- Weta Workshop held a panel at Template:W 2011, and handed out coupon codes to visitors, which could be redeemed in Team Fortress 2 for a Unique and untradable Righteous Bison.[2]
- The unique death animation is a nod to a death animation used in Template:W.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
The Righteous Bison promotional image in the WETA Store.
See also
References
- ↑ Team Fortress 2 Schema diff (commit
85d48e33…) on OPTF2 Wiki Schema Tracker, 21:35:04 UTC, July 19, 2011. Accessed July 19, 2011. - ↑ News Reel - drgrordborts.com
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