Borderlands 3 as an MMO?

-If they work on this game like they worked on Alien Colonial Marines, it will fail.
There is no way they will make the same mistake twice. They realized they screwed up and even released Borderlands 2 skins to get back some of the money they lost in Aliens
-The Drop rates in Borderlands 2 are already really low. This would be fine if ALL the guns in the game were powerful enough that would make them worth farming for but most aren't. If this continues into Borderlands 3, that'll suck.
Drop rates in Borderlands 2 are actually really good compared to other RPGs (excluding MMOs). I'm looking at you Diablo 3.... If they were to go the route of MMO drop rates would be increased by quite a bit and there really wouldn't be many underpowered guns.
-If the seraph weapons are like the ones in Borderlands 2, that'll suck.
Seraph weapons were never intended to be amazing guns. (I'm gonna make a WoW comparison here so bear with me) In WoW there is a point system called Justice Points(JP) which you can get from running 5 man dungeons. It takes a bunch of runs to get enough JP to buy a piece of gear and that gear isn't even as good as the drops in the dungeons. It isn't there to be the best equipment in the game, it is there to mitigate bad luck.
-If it's an MMO, the modding community will disappear(or go underground and hack the game illegally for profit). I don't want to get banned for importing guns into the game. Not Cool.
Sure hacked guns are fun to use with friends but they completely destroy any sense of balance. Most people don't hack guns to mess around with friends, they hack them because they can.
-I don't want to pay gearbox money to play Borderlands 3.
Out of all the MMOs that are worth playing World of Warcraft is the ONLY one with a subscription model and will probably be the last MMO that uses that model for its entire lifespan.
-I don't want a shooter MMO. I want an RPG shooter that's non-competetive and is ok with people modding guns(like the game is now.
Can you explain to me why an MMO can't be a non-competitive RPG? The terms MMORPG and PvE exist for a reason. Gearbox has NEVER been OK with people modding guns, they have just accepted the fact that there is no way to avoid it and simply tolerate it.

 

I would really like an old west kind of borderlands, with only jakobs kind guns and gear, with either jakobs as an enemy, or maybe the player characters working for jakobs trying to keep other manufacturers out of their territory. kind of like a setting similar to red dead redemption, but with a borderlands spirit. with motorized vehicles, but other than that, set in kind of an old wild west atmosphere. and classes like gunslinger, gambler, marshal, vaquero, hunter and outlaw. there might be a train robbery somewhere in the storyline. or a jailbreak. and defenately a new zombie area/dlc.

and for fucks sake bring back the runner vehicles, so one does not have to ride those slow vehickles in bl2.

 

I would love to see this as some sort of mechanic. Get a part through drop/store (maybe even some sort of crafting) and be able to attach it to a compatible weapon of your choice.

 

what he said. I'd like for there to be an actual gunsmith where you can take two items and combine them. Have a sweet weapon without a scope? find a good scope you like and merge the weapons or canabalize one into the other.

Maybe i'm just a nerd.

 

I think 'Borderlands 3' as an MMO, would be a great idea; Because I've always wanted to see what it would be like, if the number of players were expanded to thousands, instead of just four.

 

Don't get me wrong, I love MMOs. However, Borderlands 3 should NOT be an MMO, and I believe the chances of failure as such a game would be high. The Borderlands formula works, and a few improvements and new features would make it far better than switching over to an MMO would.

 

I don't know, on one hand I'd like to see how they could make it into an MMO, but on the other hand Borderlands is an excellent co-op game. To be honest, I'd rather have it as it is, just make a few improvements and a new map and I'll be happy.

 

Exactly this. An MMO COULD work, but the chances are slim that it would work. A few minor and maybe a couple major changes would keep the franchise moving forward and growing. I don't like the risk of an MMO for a franchise that's not an MMO to begin with.

 

An MMO would actually be pretty incredible, as long as certain briefing issues were addressed in order to be avoided. Otherwise, I couldn't even begin to fathom how awesome it would be.

 

MMO form would kill this game for me. They have enough trouble in their hands already that would be the last thing they need at this point. The current gameplay model is fine. In any case all they need to do is increase the scope of the game in terms of more interesting and dynamic quests. I think they need to dominate that aspect before they push for something as ambitious as an MMO. I haven't seen a good fps MMO worth spending time on (destiny, planetside already on the way down the drain, what a pity).

 

I would actually like to see Borderlands 3 as a MMO. Think it would be pretty cool.

 

I still say no. :'(

 

Wait, let me reiterate one more time...I don't like this idea. :3

 

While I wouldn't be shocked to see this happen, I hope it doesn't. Borderlands is definitely my favorite co op game and always keeps me entertained. Good co op games are hard to come by and I hope nothing changes. Dont change something that is not broken.

 

If it was done right it could work. But I'm honestly worried that they would screw it up and destroy what is good about the series, so maybe just continue on the way it is and improve what's good .

 

Mhm, I don't think it could work out. The franchise would simply just not be the same anymore and a lot of people would probably leave if they decide to make the game an MMO.

 

I definitely don't want that, but the outrage that would come from this would make for some great internet drama. It feels like a step closer to World War 3 everytime a big single-player franchise announces a MMO sequel.

 

I agree. It seems like there's this movement in the gaming world to make everything an MMO. Some games can work like that, but I've heard ridiculous stories about making games like Tomb Raider an MMO. One could've thought they learned from their mediocre multiplayer. I have only started on the Borderlands, but I feel like the game works best as a single player game. Maybe an open world MMO could work, but I'm not to sure about that either.