Borderlands 4 director warns next patch will target overpowered builds relying on “unintended interactions”

This week’s Borderlands 4 patch has arrived, firing some gear balancing tweaks into the looter shooter‘s innards, then probably dropping a cringey catchphrase. Developers Gearbox have also revealed some of what’s in store for the larger patch that’s set to arrive next week, with performance fixes back on the menu alongside some more in-depth balancing that’ll touch “those unintended interactions” folks have been relying on for overpowered builds.

It’s all in the line with the nice rhythm the studio have settled into following an initial flurry of activity in response to the game running not goodly on PC out of the gate. Last week brought a big patch featuring the first round of vault hunter balancing tweaks, so this week sees a chaser precede the next shot.

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Editor-in-Chief for Robots Over Dinosaurs Anthony has been gaming since the 1980s. Working adjacent to the gaming industry for the last 20 years, his experience led him to open Robots Over Dinosaurs.

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