With a hotfix update, Borderlands 3 has made some important balance changes in the game. The Mayhem Mode and its loot have been affected.
What is this hotfix? Today, on September 19, Borderlands released an update. It takes care of some bugs and throws them out of the game. Additionally, the loot is being heavily adjusted.
Nerfs have been applied to the Mayhem Mode, which was likely giving out too much good loot. Additionally, there are nerfs to the Loot Tinks, which now appear significantly less frequently at a popular hotspot.
Nerf to Mayhem Mode – Less Loot
In the patch notes, Gearbox writes about the changes to the Mayhem Mode. “The number of loot drops in Mayhem Mode has been reduced.”
What does this mean? If you play in this difficulty mode now, you will find loot less frequently. How significantly this number has been decreased is unclear. The developers did not provide details.
What was the problem? In the Mayhem Mode of Borderlands 3, there used to be an abundance of loot. Players filled their pockets and gathered legendary weapons in bulk. There was so much loot, that legendary weapons no longer felt legendary to some players.
Nerf of Loot Tinks in the Mansion
What has been nerfed? The Loot Tinks in the area of the Mansion now spawn less frequently. The developers adjusted the spawn rate. This type of enemy is supposed to be “special” again.
What was the problem? In the first days after the release of Borderlands 3, the Mansion emerged as a hotspot for players. A place they repeatedly visited to quickly and easily farm loot.
This loot spot provided massive amounts of legendary weapons in Borderlands 3.
The reason for so much loot in this area were the so-called Loot Tinks. They are known from earlier parts of the series as “loot dwarves.” They had a fixed spawn point in Jacobs’ Mansion and always appeared when you teleported there.
For players, it was a feast, as they traveled there, took down the Loot Tink, grabbed the loot, and teleported back again to start the game all over. This way, they easily farmed a lot of loot.
What else has changed? Mainly, the developers fixed bugs and adjusted the balance. You can read the full patch notes in the Gearbox forum.
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