User blog:Baron Joshua/Anticipating Borderlands 3: What I desire and what I dread

Borderlands 3

When we got the Pre-Sequel I am sure we where all, regardless of any gripes, happy to have another game in the series and when 2K Australia went under before they could provide us with Pandoracorn Wonder I'm sure we where concerned. But over the years the community has thrived- it has remained strong. With news that Borderlands 3 is coming next year (a rumor perhaps as I've not confirmed the statement) I've decided to write the following;

What I imagine the story will be;
It's Promethia, which has fallen deeper into lawless maddness following the disestablishment of ATLAS. But there is hope for some- a new face - an old name- ATLAS under it's new CEO Rhys has returned to reclaim it's holdings- but they'll not have it without a fight for in thier absence Warlords, Bandit Kings, and others have filled the leadership void and are steadfast ready to defend their authority from what many see as a foriegn invader returned the guise of a name that once ruled heavy handed over the world. Meanwhile a band from Pandora has arrived on Promethia seeking to claim a vault hidden in the planet's depths- yet they are not alone for long has the artifacts on Promethia been coveted and while ATLAS claims them- well- when has that ever stopped a Vault Hunter?

NOTE: I anticipate that Tannis has sidded with ATLAS believing the companty to provide her the greatest oppurtunity to access Eridian Relics; but she keeps this hidden or tries to- the players realize this during the first mission. I imagine that (following Digistruct Peak) Tannis becomes a boss the players must face- one with a digistructed army and a new God Complex with a strive to being order- that even if Fiona saves Rhys from becoming a true villian that Tannis will rise to the occassion and at the vault become the boss. Only for in her defeat for her blood to unlock the vault and herself be infused with Eridain Energy as she transforms into what she believes to be a true goddess- leading to an even bigger boss battle (I love Tannis, but this is something I wouldn't mind seeing- she'd make an amazing antagonist).

Playable

 * Athena
 * Aurelia
 * Axton
 * Brick
 * Fiona (or she'll be an NPC Vault Hunter interwoven into the main plot with hope of saving Rhys from what she thinks is himself)
 * Gaige
 * Lilith
 * Maya
 * Mordicaei
 * Zer0 (for the challenge)

Not Returning

 * Krieg (save perhaps as a SLAB in service to Brick)
 * Moxxie (too buisy running her dead son's buisness under the new name 'Come N' Go')
 * Tina (save either as the ward of Athena, Mr. Torgue, or the three survivng BL1 Vault Hunters together)

First Appearance

 * Comrad Vladof - Leader of the Anti-ATLAS Resistance (and the VLADOF Corporation which has been working to claim the planet since ATLAS fell)

Small things I'd love to see;

 * More Manufactuer Unique Vending Machines - with a new world far from Marcus's monopoly I'd love to see ATLAS and VLADOF Vending Machines (I dont' like VLADOF but still if I'm right it'd be present I'd hope)

Dread

 * That Borderlands: ONLINE doesn't become a thing.
 * That this installment fails for trivial reasons- like how people where put off by the accent in BL:PS.
 * That the developers will, again, do the class mods poorly as they did in BL2- either with unfitting manufactuers or unfitting skills.
 * I dread the 3rd game will try to do something different then the skill tree and in doing so 'ruin' the BL experience for many players.