User blog comment:Dr. Clayton Forrestor/Loading Screens/@comment-667748-20120829062715

I hope it remains "casual" in its mechanics, and won't be more MMO - oriented: Grinding, Looting, "elite gear"...

BL was fun because while there are elite guns, you aren't forced into using them, so you aren't forced into grinding Diablo 2 style. (PS: IMO D1 >>> D2) As a matter of fact, I enjoy the use and hunt of purples over the OP orange/cyans

BL1 does have some "broken" things, but just minor annoyances, the rest of the game, in particular, the way it feels when you play it, is just spot on:
 * Gearbot was flawed: Not unless you played legit.
 * Story rarely made sense: Gearbox was forced to revise it, and a lot of it was cut; after recording the voice artists.
 * No fast travel: Kind of an annoyance, but I give credit for the ability to allow DLC and non-DLC players to share a game. Not any game will grant you that.

IMO: It's biggest flaw is the over-leveling :(

As for BL2: Fuck exclusives