Not every talent in Borderlands 3 is useful. One very specific talent sounds good in theory, but repeatedly kills your teammates.
In Borderlands 3, players can unlock further skills and perks after completing the campaign through Guardian Ranks – in addition to talent points. This is essentially an evolution of the “Badass Rank” system from the predecessor. However, one perk here leads to more negative experiences than it provides actual help, as you end up killing yourself and some teammates constantly.
What is the problem? Explosions in Borderlands 3 are often considered “neutral” damage. This means that not only enemies like psychos or skags are affected by the explosions, but also your own character or allies you are playing with in co-op. With player-triggered explosions, it is (usually) the case that only the triggering player can harm themselves.
This does not apply to the Guardian Rank ability “Hollow Point”, the final talent of the Enforcer skill tree (the sword symbol).
What does Hollow Point do? The Guardian Rank talent Hollow Point causes enemies killed by critical hits to explode and frequently take down other enemies as well. However, unfortunately, this explosion damage also harms your own character and allied teammates.
This often results in you blasting your own teammates and then having to rush over to pick them up. Depending on the character and talent choice, enemies almost always die from critical hits anyways, leading to more explosions than at a New Year’s fireworks display in Berlin.
Will this be fixed? It is still unclear whether this talent will be fixed or if it is intended for these explosions to also cause “Friendly Fire”. Currently, it is advisable to avoid Hollow Point unless you really enjoy constantly picking your allies up off the ground.
Have you unlocked this “talent” too and are tormenting your teammates with it? Or is a teammate bothering you with it so far?
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