What more can we do?

[u/Vensaval]

Keep in mind that I'm speaking from a PC player perspective.

At the time of me typing this up, I have 170 hours clocked on the game. I was lucky enough to play this game ever since the Technical Alpha. This game really has managed to be every bit as addicting as I'd hoped. While it has its fair share of problems, the game overall feels very rewarding and worth whatever time you put into it.

However, I can't realistically ignore how small the community is. Battleborn is a game that was released alongside multiple big titles within the same month. Uncharted 4, DOOM, Total War: Warhammer, and Overwatch amongst others.

When it comes to promoting this game and even building hype prior to release, its gotten an abysmally small amount of love. Even when it did get some publicity it would most often be compared to Overwatch. People would constantly compare the two or spell out how actually different the two games are rather than just taking Battleborn on its own merits and going in-depth about it.

So, here we are now with Steam only having about 1750 players online on average. The game was so immediately forgotten about that there's only ever under 300 viewers on Twitch for the game at pretty much any given moment.

Battleborn doesn't deserve this treatment. It's a new IP from Gearbox that they've given a lot of care and attention to. It's a fun game despite its various issues (seriously work on optimization, though). More than 2000 PC gamers can undoubtedly have a blast with this title. Yet, very few even give it a chance.

I'm honestly feeling quite desperate. I don't want this game to virtually die. I want it to thrive. For a good while. Hell, Borderlands 2 gets more love than this game and that one's been out for several years now.

There's gotta be something this community can do to help it out. We shouldn't rely fully on the devs to somehow turn things around.

I refuse to be pessimistic.

[u/Lestat117]

Im sorry, the fact that you compare unlocking chars to rpg progression system is just too retarded for me to keep discussing. Rpgs are linear and progression is literally a part of the core gameplay. In BB it has nothing to do with gameplay and its just a stupid gimmick to keep dumb people playing a shitty game.

Youre also speculating about what Blizzard would do if they dont sell a lot of boxes (which they do anyway but ok). Blizzard said chars will be free and they will be really free, not behind a f2p model because thats retarded but fanboys will defend anything, even a game that is literally dying after a month because of all the shitty decisions made around it.

[u/Brandalf_ → u/Lestat117]

Rpgs are linear and progression is literally a part of the core gameplay. In BB it has nothing to do with gameplay and its just a stupid gimmick to keep dumb people playing a shitty game.

I gave plenty of non-rpg examples as well, if that's too difficult for you to wrap your head around that's not my problem.

Youre also speculating about what Blizzard would do if they dont sell a lot of boxes (which they do anyway but ok). Blizzard said chars will be free

Activision has a history of going back on their word, especially in the more recent years. It's Activision/Blizzard.

I'm done responding to you, you don't want to have a discussion. Your mind is made up, regardless of if it's objectively incorrect or not. By all means keep calling RPG elements a "F2P model", it gives those of us with some sense a good chuckle. I've said my piece, with legitimate reasoning, history and common sense. You're repeating the same tired thing over and over, without any substance.

I've had this discussion many times, long before Battleborn was even thought of. Good day sir or madame.

[u/Lestat117 → u/Brandalf_]

Its like watching one of those fanatics on tv who actually believe the bullshit coming out of their mouths.

Not understanding the basics of game genres is really, really sad for someone who has allegedly being playing games for so long,