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BORDERLANDS 3 HOTFIXES: MARCH 19, 2020

https://borderlands.com/en-US/news/2020-03-19-borderlands-3-hotfixes-mar-19/

Today we will release a hotfix for Borderlands 3, which will be live on all platforms by 12:00 PM PST. This hotfix addresses concerns reported by the community. To apply hotfixes, wait at the main menu until you see a sign that says “Hotfixes Applied”! If you are experiencing any issues or want to provide feedback, please submit a ticket to support.2k.com.

Addressed a potential progression blocker from Typhon during “In the Shadow of Starlight”

Addressed a reported concern that the Siren’s Fist Over Matter skill was sometimes not working as intended if it was not in the hosts’ view

Adjusted the collision at the stairs in Quietus Pike to prevent players from sometimes sinking into the ground after destroying the second vine door

Changed the Operative’s Cool Hand skill description to show the correct values

Addressed a reported concern that Tyreen would occasionally re-appear after the cutscene during “The Great Vault

Posted Mar 19, 2020, 2:06 PM UTC

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Sapowski_Casts_Quen•

There's a kind of annoying bug where Balex drops into the ground before the jabbers arrive during part of the Family Jewel quest line

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Mochrie95•

Dude my buddy and I just had this happen last night, we couldn’t find him and my friends like “here he is underground

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Livelordx_lol•

I've played this game since release and this still hasn't been fixed lol

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PoopLoofah•

I had something similar happen and had to listen to that incessantly annoying GenIVIV monkey sounds for ten minutes before I just quit and reloaded. I seriously thought about stabbing my ears with pencils.

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[deleted]•

Happened to me as well. Had to restart the game

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10Juanito28•

Yeah couple times I just fast traveled and came back and it worked, if I was playing alone would've just restarted

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punktdot1•

I just bought BL3 on Steam for myself and a friend and coop is really laggy. We both have decent PC (I'm running a Ryzen 3 3600, 16GB DDR4, RX 5700 XT) and good internet (50+ Mbits), but no matter who hosts the game, it will be laggy for the other one.

We played BL2 back in the day without any lag issues at all.

Can we expect fixes here?

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TMNT81•

Don't hold your breath.

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fastballmachinebroke•

good internet (50+ Mbits)

Download speed is often irrelevant in game. Most games send very little data.

The relevant part is your ping to the host.

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loki1983mb•

Ping is more important than data rate once you get above a couple megs

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dynarush_3•

Indeed, ping and bufferbloat are key to a smooth online gaming experience

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Hardyyz•

I have 2 internets. The one with better ping I use in all gaming is absolutely unplayable in BL3. But the one with bad ping but better download speed actually lets me play the game. I still have major lag issues but atleast with that internet I can shoot enemies kinda!

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stromm•

Ping is a point in time thing. And also mixed with the quality of path between end points.

Even worse, when multiple players group and then lag compensation comes into play.

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Cz1000•

We’re in PS4 but have similar issues:

I play local co-op with my GF and it’s is ROUGH. Between the lag, audio fading in and out, the subtitles being off the screen, the indicators on the map being too small and the quest text being too small it’s a huge challenge.

It’s a really good thing we started with BL2 because if this was our first exposure to the series we would have ditched day 2.

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Tyler_MF_Bowman•

After playing 2 and TPS remastered, my ex spent exactly 3 minutes with 3 before she said FUCK this game, I'm not playing it like this. She hasn't touched it since launch.

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Cz1000•

I get that local co-op isn’t their priority but this is hard to deal with!

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Tyler_MF_Bowman•

We shouldn't have to deal with it at all.

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NotAnotherTurtle•

Yea but then you realize how much they got away with and how much still isn’t fixed. I have no hopes for this game, this will not be a “classic” like BL2 where I randomly go back to replay again.

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HisNamesDoom•

Yeah, I'd have broken up with her too for quitting on BL3 like that

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papi1368•

I'd have married her, the game is bad currently

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Tyler_MF_Bowman•

Lol that wasn't the reason but the game runs like dog piss even when I play by myself.

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BadZnake•

Do you have the dancing guns and HUD in cutscenes with local too?

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Cz1000•

Dancing guns, yes but not the HUD. The HUD just takes 10 seconds to load when entering a new zone.

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BadZnake•

When one of us in local is in a menu when the other triggers a scene, the menu HUD shows over our cutscenes

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beanland•

Ugh, this is STILL happening? I bought the game around when it was released to play locally with my wife and haven't picked it up in months, hoping that eventually this would be fixed...

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Cz1000•

We’ve seen VERY little improvement and we’ve played weekly since release. It’s unfortunate.

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thadude42083•

Did you reduce your FoV as low as it will go when you play co-op? If not this will drastically improve performance. Also if you're both in a vehicle have one open the map, this will also increase performance.

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Cz1000•

FOV adjustment didn’t have noticeable impact. We do the map thing for ease of driving but didn’t realize it helped with performance.

Thanks!

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amburka•

Welcome to the new AAA Quality of AAA gaming!

Enjoy!

Been waiting for performances patches since original release.

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helppls23•

The improvements have been gradual, which is why a lot of people are saying dont expect it. Theres big patches every month and hotfixes every week. The patches address performance and there should be a big one alongside the dlc next week. If it's that bad I'd check in for when the patches are and see if it's better I guess?

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Shibubu•

The game has been out for HALF A FUCKUNG YEAR. When is it too fucking late for them to fix their shit? When a major ADVERTISED feature works like absolute crap - the Devs should be held accountable. The incompetence on Gearbox's part convinced me to never buy a game from them ever again.

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helppls23•

Ok bye

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Shibubu•

Yeah, whatever - keep paying full price for half baked shit.

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Aroused_twinke•

Happens on Xbox too, internet connection seems to make a slight difference but isn’t enough to solve the lag. It’s worst when driving vehicles as player two.

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Grevas13•

Not what you'relooking for, but I think it may be your network environments. I play BL3 on Xbox with my cousin. He has no issues if I host, but I jump around like mad if he hosts.

I know the usual answer to that is "other games work fine," but not all games are created equal. Some are more demanding.

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The79thDudeBro•

Besides the lag issues which my friend and I have only just started having, We tend to have problems staying connected. One of us (whichever isn't hosting at the time) gets kicked back to the main menu and becomes unable to rejoin the game without logging out and back in (via the "quit to main menu" option. Is it an issue with shift or something?

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EverGreenPLO•

It's laggy on PC multiplayer FFS?

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Paincake990•

I didn't experience any issues with coop, might be a problem on one of you guys.

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ins0mniacdrag0n•

gearbox priority list: epic games store>console>steam

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Dorksoulsfan•

Ahhh :(

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WorkAccount2020OP•

The big patch + DLC is next Thursday tho

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Dorksoulsfan•

Ahhhhh :)

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wheatleygonerolling thunder•

Do we know that it'll be accompanied by a big patch? The last DLC release didn't include any patch at all.

EDIT: Not sure why I'm being downvoted, it's literally true. Patch 5 released a week before the DLC, on December 12. The DLC released on December 19, and came with only a small hotfix.

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The2ndUnchosenOneAiming's for noobs•

...yes it did

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wheatleygonerolling thunder•

There was a patch that preceded it by about a week (which actually added the unactivated DLC content) but when the dlc actually released it was only accompanied by a tiny hotfix.

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LouieThe16th•

wow that soon? awesome!

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Humblebee89•

What's supposed to be in the patch?

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[deleted]•

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Deannrz•

And we still won't see vertical split screen. Ugh

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reclamationme•

Honestly not looking to play again until this is implemented. My wife and I want to play this but it's too hard on our tv.

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Deannrz•

With widescreen being the norm and standard screens almost phased out this splitscreen should be standard, or always an option.

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JoeyJoJo_the_first•

I've never seen a game with local coop that didn't have vertical split-screen.
It boggles my mind.

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Bynnh0jMY STOMACH IS CLEAR, AND MY MIND IS FULL OF BACON!•

Is the Typhon progression blocker the one where he just stops and refuses to move? Please, in my 8 playthroughs, that has happened every single time.

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KiwiChris_84•

On Xbox after skipping the outro cutscene in the Jackpot dlc the game crashes.

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dayle51•

Can we fix slaughter star 3000 where the blue boss doesnt appear or when the waves run into eachother or end early

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gatorfreak_luke62:Claptrap: #MozeGang•

Please fix matchmaking. That's all I'll ever ask.

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In-Kii•

I still have the "HA! I ejected the bitch and shoved her ass in a hard drive, pick her up vault Hunter."

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JupiterRai•

I guess more buffs were to much to hope for. Still can’t wait till the dlc next week .

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someshooter•

There was a screenshot on here of a GBX Employee saying, "Don't get used to it" regarding the buffs, taken from the official forums. So yeah :(

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JupiterRai•

Well im happy that some guns got buffed

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davehoffa•

Anyone else have the glitch in Wildlife Conservation where one batch of explosives is out of reach on a ledge? PS4. I think it's the only side mission I haven't completed. 😐

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citrusmuffin•

I thought this was the case for me as well, but it turns out it was just an echo log on the ledge. Watch a playthrough video and make sure you checked all the places they grab the explosives. You can grab the echo later.

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davehoffa•

I did watch a video and thought I checked all of the right places . . . but I'm usually stoned. 😆 Thanks for the tip!

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LionST1•

Theres this weird bug in the story where a child npc got too much dialogue and is now constantly talking and being annoying, hope they fix it soon!

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ShadowTitan831•

Bruh I had a legendary class mod fall through the floor in sanctuary when I was dropping legends for a friend

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SuperMyl3z•

Are they gonna fix the ultrawide menus being cut off?

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AK-Brian•

It boggles me that this is still an issue in the game, having been with there since day one. It's also an extremely easy problem to notice during play or testing. Load game, bring up map. Whoops - all the hotkeys are now off the screen. 16:10 also has some weirdness, but it's not nearly as bad as ultrawide.

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The_Inquirer_852•

I’m still having a super annoying glitch where I can’t scan the eridian slab on Sanctuary to get the “Tales from the Eridian Slab” achievement. It’s the last trophy I need to 100% the game.

I only ever get an option to “inspect” the slab instead of translate it. Doesn’t matter which character I’m playing with, when I press the button prompt on the slab, all the characters act retarded to the writing, as if they haven’t translated every other fuckin slab in the galaxy

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MrSloppyPants•

I have had that bug since October on PS4. I have a 7 page support thread with 2K support over it. The final response was “we're aware of it but have no timeline for a fix”.

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snarkybeach•

I had the same problem until I started TVHM and was able to rescan the slabs...

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The_Inquirer_852•

I’ll try that

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rymannoodle•

But like what about steam cloud saves?

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MyFatCatHasLotsofHat•

I have been stuck on the second vault for hours now, game keeps crashing when I try to load in the area. I’ve had a lot of crashes in this game but this is the first one where I really cannot get through

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ThisIsForBuggoStuff•

I'm stuck in Devil's Razor with the same issue. Character is completely stuck because my game crashes the moment I load in

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2broke-squirells•

And I still can't increase in-game text size so my wife can read meus in local coop!

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BuryTheMoney•

Truly amazing to watch this sub demand accountability from the devs over glaring & long standing issues that shouldn’t remain in a triple A title.

What’s most amazing to me is that this sub was full of bloodthirsty gearbox supporters who brigaded any criticisms up until about a month ago.

Where is your god now you cultist quislings?

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Shibubu•

I wonder if they will ever understand that by blindly defending and praising it, they are just enabling Gearbox to slack of more and ignore most of the problems. If there was a huge unified backlash - Dandy Randy would have no other choice but to fix his shitty game that doesn't work half the fucking time. (Or all the time - when it comes to couch co-op)

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WeinandMorozBlood and metal, my favorite things•

Can we also mention the the mismatched subtitles whenever someone talks? I'm kind of annoyed by Timothy asking Moxxi about dinner when anything else should be said.

Not to mention this bug where sounds suddenly disappear.

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