Borderlands 3 Won’t Make You Compete for Loot with Your Co-op Partners

The Borderlands games have always been nifty co-op experiences, provided you were paired up with considerate partners. In by Borderlands games, any boodle dropped was first come, showtime serve, meaning you had to talk over who got to grab that kickass new gun or gear. Sometimes that was fun in its own way, but it could be very irritating when yous were paired up with some glory hog jerk who merely nabbed everything for themselves.

Well, that won't be a problem anymore, as all players will have their own loot streams in Borderlands three. Hither's what Gearbox art director Scott Kester had to say about the change...

"Ane of the things that I'm nigh excited about in Borderlands 3 are the improvements that we've made to co-op. Regardless of your respective levels or mission progress, yous and your friends can play together online or on the couch, and non only will each of you deal a meaningful corporeality of impairment, you'll also receive your own discrete loot stream. No more loot ninjas!"

Don't worry, if you really love squabbling over boodle, y'all can however switch on classic Borderlands co-op rules. Speaking of loot, Kester also detailed some of the features you tin expect from Borderlands iii's new weapons.

"You'll recognize about of the weapons manufacturers, only I call back you lot might be surprised by some of their latest innovations. Atlas now offers guns that burn down tracker tags and Smart Bullets, DAHL weapons feature alternate burn modes, and the Maliwan range now incorporates firearms that can toggle between ii elements and deal guaranteed elemental damage. Looking for something a little crazier? Okay, how nearly rifles that spawn fire-spewing volcanoes, or guns that abound legs then chase downward enemies while verbally abusing them? Nosotros've got those as well."

Borderlands iii hits PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on September thirteen.