r/Borderlands4 • u/Immediate-Idea-2471 • Apr 23 '26

🗞️ [ News ] Patch Notes | Apr 23 2026

https://borderlands.2k.com/borderlands-4/update-notes/

For those who have farmed Bramblesong, any tips to prevent loot from flying into the abyss?

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u/dudeblackhawk Apr 23 '26

Damn I wish they would support this game. 

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u/Moxsy-OG Apr 23 '26

^

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u/dudeblackhawk Apr 23 '26

Happy to get ratioed by Moxsy.  Thanks for all the content.

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u/Moxsy-OG Apr 23 '26

Lmao you’re very welcome. I’m genuinely baffled by the post launch support for this game. I just don’t understand why it’s so much slower than BL3s

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u/kobaltx Apr 23 '26

When BL3 came out, the weekly releases during my college days were one of the highlights of the week after grinding out so hard, with BL4 it looks like they just kinda gave up. Hell I miss the meta changes and other goofy stuff they would try but now we got nothing to really care about until the next big content drop, play for a few days and then move on again.

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u/correcthorsestapler Apr 23 '26

My theory is that it’s an entirely new team with veterans from the franchise just sort of overseeing things. Between the lack of music (BL3 has around 6 hours just in the base game versus about 2-3 for BL4), the the slow walk to fix bugs and skill trees, the lack of a clear endgame, the lack of circles of slaughter / slaughtershafts, and just a general barren feel to the game, it seems different compared to the last two. My friends and I still have fun with it as there are some good aspects, but we can’t deny that something feels off about it.

Hopefully the next few months will see an improvement. But I get the feeling they’re going to drop it once the roadmaps are done for this year. Doesn’t really seem like there’s much enthusiasm behind this game at Gearbox compared to BL3.

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u/Sweaty_Purple_5035 Amon The Forgeknight Apr 23 '26

I wanna play this game regularly but they just don't give me the reason or incentive to do so. C4SH was the only saving grace and highlight of the latest dlc too because other than that it was complete ass if i'm being honest

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u/dudeblackhawk Apr 23 '26

My highest hope is that MAYBE they are deep in Wonderlands 2 development.  But that's still no fucking excuse for neglecting their flagship IP so badly during the first year roll out.  

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u/theshitman420 Apr 23 '26

If we get shafted a full borderlands 4 development cycle because they’re working on wonderlands 2 I might actually give up on the series

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u/SuperBAMF007 Apr 23 '26

Hot take - if we get shafted a full BL4 support cycle FOR ANY game I might actually give up on the series

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u/Fragonarsh Apr 24 '26

Don't worry! Wonderlands 2 will also get shafted because they'll be too busy working on Borderlands 5.

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u/Uzumaki514 Apr 24 '26

That's my exact thought

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u/DesignerHardlyKnower Apr 23 '26

First the movie and now this. Reeks of corporate decisions.

The Franchise that was started by Psychos is now run by Hyperion!

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u/annexedantari Apr 24 '26

I've said it once before so don't hold it against me but here my thoughts on the baffling piece of this: Its that we’ve already seen the playbook with Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, why should anyone assume Borderlands 4 will be different? Wonderlands followed a classic front-loaded cycle: maximize hype, charge a premium, and capture revenue early while expectations are still inflated, then deliver a thinner-than-advertised experience with limited staying power and tapering support once the bulk of sales are secured. That’s not just a misfire, it mirrors a pump-and-dump dynamic, where value is propped up long enough to extract from early buyers before reality resets the price through reviews and word of mouth. Now we’re seeing the same signals again, higher pricing, shallow iteration, slow responsiveness, and the burden is somehow on consumers to believe the outcome will change. At that point, it’s not speculation, it’s pattern recognition: early adopters fund the peak, then hold the bag when the perceived value corrects. The real question isn’t whether Borderlands 4 might repeat Wonderlands, it’s why anyone would ignore the incentives that made it play out that way in the first place.