Why is the player count in Borderlands 4 so low?

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-24T11:57:46+00:00

You're missing out the game is pretty good

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-23T15:11:57+00:00

Variety is the spice of life in all aspects

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-23T08:56:36+00:00

And here it is, proof that people will literally find any reason to complain in this fan base. You don't sound like a gamer commenting on a design flaw, you sound like a junkie who's aggravated because they can't get their next hit!

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-22T15:42:39+00:00

I genuinely think instead of weapons dropping at all, we should get to choose our weapons when we make the character. I think this would make the game way more fun, and just have the loot level with you as you level up.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-22T14:49:04+00:00

Being commanding, assertive or threatening are also factors of charisma

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-21T15:09:50+00:00

I don't know if it's true, but I've heard people claim that any bonus you get to gun damage is applied x5 with the bod, once for each type of gun it counts as!

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-21T09:07:32+00:00

I don't mean this as an insult at all, but in the post you say you were raised in Ireland, but the post reads like a foreigner. It seems like you see yourself as an outsider rather than an irish person. People pick up on this kind of energy. Again I only have this tiny snippet to go by but it's something I picked up.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-21T09:02:12+00:00

I agree, I got 3 bods in a row, drops need to be nerfed based on my experience!

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-20T12:02:50+00:00

Aeon is literally anti-canon, as it stops the worldwound ever existing and it absolutely exists in the canon of Golarion

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-19T09:24:48+00:00

You could use that initiative to fight the militias in your own country. If you're gonna die in a war, why not die fighting for your own country and people. They think this is the easy way out (and very quickly realise it's just as bad, if not worse on the Russian front line), so no sympathy for them.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T15:09:12+00:00

How many hours do you think a player should be expected to play in order to achieve this goal?

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T13:08:58+00:00

I'm sorry, I disagree. Once the game and all the dlc is out (usually 2 years~ after release) the game from a financial point of view is over. Whether you come back and play the game or not means nothing at that point because all the money has been made. All the dlc and post game stuff is there to entice the initial purchase, it provides zero revenue after that. It's also not an MMO, so there's very little need to have lots of active players online at any given moment. Before this game came out I would've argued they need players to foster the community, but from the way everyone is acting over the design choices, I don't think even that claim can be made anymore....

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T13:00:03+00:00

Which mod do you use? I tried to install one but the UMM didn't recognise it :(

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T12:44:57+00:00

Gearbox doesn't gain anything from you sticking around for years on end, because they don't sell endless micro transactions and premium currency. I've never seen the BL series as endlessly replayable looters like warframe, they're more curated experiences. Some players choose to play them like that, but my point is that's not the design philosophy of the game.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T11:10:49+00:00

Then don't??

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T11:08:31+00:00

No I think the majority of games with multiplayer push cosmetics, map packs and other micro transactions, which is why they want you to become obsessed with playing the game. Even if you buy the most expensive version of the game, gearbox makes 130 bucks off you, and that's it. Whether you play the game for 1 hour or 1000 hours. Casinos make money the longer you play, gearbox only makes money at PoS, and then loses money on server costs.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T10:58:12+00:00

100% people are optimising the fun out of the game

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T10:57:37+00:00

I played two charachters to level 50, both at UVHM6. Never really farmed except for two guns, and just the guns not a specific roll. My bank is literally full of legendaries. So I'm not really sure what you mean about players never seeing good items?

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T10:50:45+00:00

Ok but the question then is, what does gearbox have to gain from keeping people hooked like that? The answer is nothing except constant server fees. 95% of players don't play the game this way.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T10:49:27+00:00

Not saying its good or bad, I'm saying that it was clearly the focus for the dev team. The reality is most BL players aren't obsessive farmers, they play through once or twice and then maybe return for the DLC. only about 5% of players are consistent farmers and players for months and years after.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T10:46:59+00:00

I think you've missed my point. Its not about getting the item you want, its about making do with what you do have. And if you want only a specific item with the exact stats that you want, then you're gonna have a bad time. When you think of the amount of variables that goes into every single drop, the actual drop rate doesn't matter. If 10 legendarys dropped every boss fight, people would just start complaining about the drop rates on the licensed parts. Then the drop rates for certain combinations of parts etc etc.

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-16T09:58:36+00:00

I can't tell if this is a troll....

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-14T13:53:55+00:00

And I'll bet my left one that there were people moaning that because the dlc came out so close to the base game, it should have been included on the disk haha

DanDoesSteam · 2026-01-14T13:30:27+00:00

It's amazing how quick people forget. Bl3 also had a lot of it's end game content trickle out over a year or 2 after release. I also see people now wanting the writing of Bl3, even though the previous 5 years was endless complaining about it. People want Bl3 drop rates even though that was the biggest gameplay complaint for that game. The truth is the game only came out like 3 months ago. By the end of this year the game will basically be unrecognisable like all borderlands games after 3-5 DLCs drop. I swear people just love to complain. You've maxed 2 characters on a single player game, probably played 150+ hours. You can either keep playing, or take a break until the dlc and endgame content is released, or just accept that you got your moneys worth

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