definitely a reason they hand it to you in the first area of a DLC with multiple sections featuring homing projectile throwing enemies, some of which are on ledges you have to walk around the entire room to get to unless you throw items back at them

kind of a powertrip in NG+, but that applies to many of the DLC weapons being taken to the base game

Yeah, and it has so good damage balance that you can't cheat by attacking big enemies from unavailable (for them) spot, coz it will take TOO MUCH time (misses + distance damage reduction)
But in real fight, you can do fine damage and even kill common mobs

Actually I've found a single use for it. There was one gorilla that was throwing poo at me from very far away and between us were tons of enemies. Besides that single scenario I've never preferred the bow over melee weapon.

The range is kinda stupid for a bow. Throwables have a longer range. Other than that, I like it.

bow is easy mode.

Used it in the carnival area cause I didn't want to waste my throwables lol

I think the bow is a very good addition because (I know it's just me) but i don't enjoy too much of fighting multiple times the smaller ennemies when walking to the next boss. However I don't mind dying again and again to a boss to learn his patterns. And it's perfect for just that : making the pathes to bosses fighting not really interesting ennemies quicker and less frustrating while also being kind of useless vs tough ennemies so you switch for the real game

I found the bow miserable to use against threatening enemies and bosses. You can exploit leashing behaviors to cheese with it, and you can use it with Falcon Eyes in NG+ cycles for a funny combo (NG+ cuz it's legion-hungry), but otherwise it's so much faster just to bonk stuff.

You can imbue it with electricity or acid, etc. to make it even more nasty. it's a very cool weapon indeed.