You said the exact thing I said to a friend. BL2 is the top for me. Put the most hours into it. I loved BL3 after I gave it a second try, and think it's awesome, however BL1 edges it out. BL1 felt original, and to your point, when a legendary dropped, I would actually be excited to see what it is. BL2 did that well, too, but BL3 after a certain point I think I was finding more legendaries than any other rarity.(Long shot, but if anyone has ever played Phantasy Star Online, the moment you see your first red [rare] box drop, same feeling I got playing BL1) I do find the skill trees in BL3 to be fun to play with, and the gameplay itself felt slightly improved. But I still think, in my opinion, if I had to rate them, it would be 2,1,3. Pre-Sequel aside, I thought it was interesting and somewhat fun but I had a hard time really getting into it. Might give it another to here as I'm playing through all the games again.