For a long time, players struggled with the many patches in Borderlands 3. And the number of patches has not decreased – however, they have been much better received by the community for some time now. Instead of heavily altering the balance, the updates address specific issues.
That was the problem: Since the launch of Borderlands 3, Gearbox has consistently released patches aimed at fixing various issues. However, these rarely focused on bugs like performance issues, but rather often targeted weapons and abilities of the vault hunters.
This led to some popular builds suddenly becoming unusable. Favored weapons by fans suddenly no longer had the same power as before.
At the same time, issues like the weaknesses in split-screen mode remained. The community was not pleased and ironically referred to the game as “Nerflands 3“.
Borderlands 3 turns in the right directions
This is what the current patches look like: For several weeks, weapons and skills have been less of a focus in the hotfixes than before. And that is well received by the community:
- For example, with the patch at the end of October, the Bloody Harvest Event was launched – and stability issues were addressed as well.
- In another patch, Bloody Harvest was further adjusted, while nerfs were absent. This also aligns with the announcement from Gearbox developers that they hope to largely be done with balancing the vault hunters.
- Even the latest patch ignored weapons and skills, instead adding more loot to Haunt and making blessed enemies easier.
Gearbox addresses the problems and wishes of the community in the new patches – creating a positive atmosphere.
What the players say: “These are great patch notes,” stated Reddit user “Holy_Jumper” about the last patch: “I am very excited about the adjustments to the blessed enemies.”
“I really appreciate that the ‘Terror’ loot is now more assigned to event enemies,” said “Zubriel” about the fact that a notable issue of recent weeks has been fixed.
Overall, the reaction is positive – and there is definitely a more optimistic outlook for future patches. After all, Gearbox announced some time ago that they want to tackle other key issues. These include:
In addition, the “Maliwan Takedown” update is also coming soon. The future in Borderlands 3 looks exciting:
