..... it's supposed to end at some point, right? I appear to be in an endless wormhole. It's been doing this for a solid 4 minutes now. No, wait, I finally landed. 🤣

So this was a WORLD DROP. I am devastated I was using my level 55 Vex levelling her up and BAM. Gomie with full auto Ripper 😭

I haven't seen an update in days

is it worth it to play Borderlands 4 in 2026 ? as someone who likes borderlands 3 , what's the state of the game currently ?

also I found the super deluxe edition on loaded for 55 dollars

WARNING: A bit of an effort post/essay ahead. Initially talked myself out of venting on reddit, but trying to play this 2nd bounty pack sent me over the edge (seriously, did not one single f*ing dev play-test this thing?) - please god tell me it gets better in the rest of the DLC's...

Played quite a bit on release, then left it around the time the first (free) bounty pack came out. Decided to give it another spin with all the new content & got the super deluxe edition.

How is the game less polished and more buggy than launch? Immediately hit by a bug where my character can't move, 5 minutes later I'm falling through textures that have lost all collision... Both bugs regularly occuring. The load times are (at times) up to 1 minute, it's still recompiling shaders almost every load screen. What's the deal? And just as egregious, basic QoL issues are still the same as they were:
- Only 1 big encore each week? The game has over 60 bosses, that's over a year turnaround to target farm a boss (without wanting to rip my limbs out from the frustrating variance introduced by the license system).
- Firmware still annoying as hell to hoard in the bank; diablo 4, a game that has been memed to death for their incompetent design choices figured out this one.
- Judging from the first few DLC's I've got through, the open world is still not utilised in any meaningful way. No reason to do world events, or to go back & do content like auger mines/bunkers (other than the usual boss farming), etc.
- Dialogue sections you've already played through (e.g. weekly missions) still can't be skipped.
- I could go on and on for other missed opportunities; no load-out system, no boss gauntlet, lack of body cosmetics for VH's, no loot filter/ability to turn off white & green loot at higher difficulties, etc.

Who's making the calls at Gearbox? The game had so much potential as a canvas to add to, but they've just kinda done... nothing??? Super disappointing.

To give them SOME credit, at least they've actually implemented some loot scaling to the UVHM levels (unbelievable that this wasn't done at launch), shared unlock progression across characters (except annoyingly I only had UVHM1 unlocked due to the previous point at launch...), added TVHM, raid bosses, takedown, circle of slaughter, etc. And the 2 added vault hunters have been genuinely fun, and getting into a rhythm with them was starting to earn back some of the godwill for me... Until I hit this Stone demon DLC - one of the most unfun gaming experiences I've forced myself to get to endure, the only saving grace being how short it was. I REALLY hope the next few bounty packs and the story pack DLC's get better, otherwise this might be it for me. Not that gearbox will care, they already have my money, but for any future DLC/games.

Rant over.

Surely I'm not the only one who misses the old school skill trees. Sure there's technically a lot more build variety now but I feel like it also kinda shrinks the builds down to more or less one play style.

In BL1 I played Roland (yes I know unpopular) but I enjoyed throwing my turret long range and having it wreck people while I dealt with all the psychos bum rushing me.

In BL2 I played A ton because slagging enemies for me was so helpful. Then I could keep one of every element with guns. Also the nuke skill was just awesome.

Pre-Sequel I did Wilhem and I don't necessarily remember much about it honestly.

BL3 Moze was my main and here is where I could feel the "meta" shifting a specific gameplay where it was kinda fun but at the same time if I wasn't using a torgue gun (flakker was incredible but also down me 75% of time) I was practically weak af. Which is fine but I when I'd run outta shotgun ammo and switch to like a maliwan I felt like I was so much weaker.

BL4 Rafa was my main but by mayhem 6 it just felt like if I wasnt using corrosive attacks then same thing, just all around weaker than normal. I'm trying out Loveless now and doing a new playthrough but from glancing over the skill tree it looks like radiation will be a huge key factor to my success.

I just kinda miss the old games where you could play really anyway and your skill tree was kinda your bonuses rather than necessities. What is your alls opinion?

I have to say I'm struggling to get hooked. The menus feel bad and all of the weapons feel the exact same (and look terrible) Does the story improve at all? I really want to like it but it just seems boring as fuck right now.

Hello and welcome to another objectively correct take from the guy whose takes you hate.

You are still wrong about encore machines btw, nothing changed there.

And if you disagree with this take, just to be completely clear - you are once again completely wrong.

So what do I mean by the title?

I mean that everything related to enemy design that was deemed potentially annoying to the players experience got sanded down and that made the experience significantly worse.

In essence - enemies got dumbed down big time.

You see, i've been replaying previous titles and lemme give you a list of potentially annoying mechanics and stuff that we lost as of borderlands 4. Some deleted entries will be reasonable, while some will be absolutely dumbfounding.

The list:

1. Humanoid enemies used to prioritise getting behind cover. (And tediore dudes in fl4k dlc didnt fix that)

2. Humanoid enemies used to dodge roll sometimes when shot at.

3. Enemies used to crouch to throw off your aim.

4. Enemies used to have weakpoints that werent their head.

5. We used to have healers and buffers (surveyors bl2)

6. Kamikaze enemies used to drop their grenades in the direction they were moving if flinched (so generally in players direction)

7. We used to have enemies spawning more regular enemies (and not piss easy witnesses)

8. Enemies used to have random equipment just like player (so elemental weapons, elemental shields etc.)

9. Enemies used to have multiple weakpoints.

10. Getting hit by melee enemies used to rock player so hard they couldnt properly aim, and knock them back from melee range so they cant just hit back.

11. Enemies used to have destructible limbs which affected gameplay (loaders)

12. We used to have singularity enemies

13. Enemies used to have parts that deflected bullets back

14. Enemies with Guns used to keep attacking you if just Walked in their face and did nothing (go ahead and test what happens if you just walk at a ripper with a gun)

15. Enemies used to have shields covering over 90% of their body from one direction.

16. Enemies used to be able to deploy indestructable shields. (I mean they couldnt be destroyed by just shooting at them)

17. Enemies used to have different behaviour based on destroyed limbs (loaders, goliaths)

18. Suicide bombers used to yeet multiple grenades at you before running to kill themselves.

19. We used to have whole kind of invisible enemies.

20. We used to have enemies that would steal look and ammo.

21. We used to have enemies that would significantly buff themselves if not killed fast enough (varkids)

22. We used to have extra agresive extra strong rabid enemies.

23. Enemies used to debuf the player (slow them down, multiply damage taken etc.)

24. Flying enemies used to move Faster than a snail resulting in them being hard to hit instead of just an easier target.

25. And finally - enemy factions used to use different strategies and spawn in different ways.

The list is probably in no way completed. Feel free to add your own points.

Anyway, this whole sanding away resulted in every single enemy just being a different flavor of punching bag that sometises attacks back.

We do have shielded enemies but their shields can break in a couple of shots so that is worthless.

We have flying ones but they are just easier targets.

We dont have any enemies that actually feel like a priority target.

We dont have any enemies that force the player to adjust the way they play.

No - aim better for the shield gap, no walk into their reach to kill them cause of shield, no kill them Quick so they stop spawning shit, no get away from them so they wont demolish you, no move in cause they hide behind cover, no shoot them in the face to make them attack everyone. No shoot of their grenade arm so they cannot Chuck nades anymore.

And what we ended up with is two main factions that feel exactly the same. Enemy modification system that makes them feel even more same.

And generally boring encounters cause its just a matter of hitpoints and dps.

No real non numbers related mobbing challenges.

No interesting encounters (do you even have 1 stand out encouter with the mobbing in whole bl4? Not talking narrative, pure gameplay. Im asking cause after hundreds of hours i can safely say i dont. But I still remember toilet room from bl2 vividly).

Take over for today. You can start to applause my commitment now.

Ill Make part 2 - deeper dive tommorow. And propose fixes the next day.

See ya.

Edit: almost forgot 26. Enemies used to run away from you And still shoot you after you enter FFYL, and now they stand and make sure you can hit them easily (they do a little dance, which while really fucking funny is still bad design wise)

This thing absolutely melts the Backhive and none of my other weapons can even compare to its damage right now. Did I get super lucky?

Just casual play bc it would be my first playthrough on 4. We would be starting from the beginning and hopefully playing to the end. Before we just hop in and play I would "interview" you we can chill on a different game for about an hour to know if we are compatible.

Ps: I'm normally a quiet person until I get comfortable lol

Discord: master.mirage

Been noticing it. I can’t tell if it’s the usual digistruct stuff or it’s some new Tediore tech.

Loot midgets make looting more exciting because they appear at random and usually have good loot on them. If BL4 gets a year 2 please add them and add a Synth version of Jimmy Jenkins

Randomly stumbled upon this while completing one of the storyline quests in the DLC and it’s absolutely insane compared to any other weapon in my inventory. It does almost triple the DPS of every weapon I’ve picked up/found so far. Would you guys consider this a good drop? I haven’t played BL since BL2 so I know nothing about anything as of right now lol. I’m the definition of a causal these days. Really enjoying the game so far when I have time to play! Just figured I’d share this! Lmk!

HOURS AND HOURS WITH NOTHING. WHAT ARE THE DROP RATES FOR THIS COMM???

i try to play takedown for the first time and it was very hard , i try to play online lucky i find one , but the time was too late so i quite mid session , when i quite and close the game for some reason i get 3 achievements that i ever done , i was just playing takedown ,and i don't think being with another player in his world will get me this , the 1st one is DLC the other 2 am not sure

this is funny but is there a way to remove achievements in steam ? am planning to get all of them but i get this 3 unfairly , i feel like am cheating when i latterly done nothing

I have been taking my time and enjoying the game, hitting level 70 halfway through Carcadia Burn. Now I cannot get any XP or harder difficulties without finishing the rest of the game? That is horrendously stupid... I dont wanna just speenrun missions and story this is idiotic.

Working on bringing back things from previous games !

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I'm playing as Rafa, level 46 currently. Have delayed end game cause I can't afford DLC yet and sometimes I like just mobbing.

I'm finding it really hard to find/understand a good build, there are so many aspects to builds and the farming that goes into them that I'm just overwhelmed lol.

I started to sort of understand end game a bit in BL3 but my friends bought my BL4 for my birthday a couple of weeks back.

Anyways, I've attempted the timekeeper twice. First attempt I got to his second stage and had him at maybe a 3rd of the last health bar left and then died.

Second attempt made it to second phase but died much sooner. The second winds are heinous to get lol.

Anyone any tips to help? Generally to help me understand and create a good build. I see folk absolutely shredding health bars which I know comes from end game builds but would love to understand how to achieve that at some point.

Neat little trick if you are C4SH and running out of ammo in M15+ Takedown.

Was it always in the game? I just noticed recently after 200 hours in the game.

how are you as all dealing with cash ammo? he always seems to run out of ammo. I have 3/3 on war wagon and maximized kinetic damage to feed into it but ammo Regen still seems weak. I tried super soldier as well. still weak.

Since when has DLC weapon drops with non installed been a thing. Can pick it up but can't equip it.

Aside from the save editor, who do you think is the most farmed boss in the game. My thoughts are between origo, sol, and splash zone. Radix, lictor, and road birds are probably also in contention. Captain willis probably as well.

Hi all, finally getting around to playing this on vacation and wondering how the hell to free Mr Chew. Is this a known glitch? I’ve followed the skag all the way to “Providence Island” but cannot figure out how to advance the mission. Any help is appreciated.

Hello everyone, for some reasons, I can't start mayhem lvl 1 with Loveless after ending the first joker mission in Carcadia, anyone same ? That annoying.