User blog:Desertfighter777/What SHOULD be in Borderlands but isn't yet

There are suggestions for things that people want to see in Borderlands all over the forums. While most of those things sound like a lot of fun, I'd rather see Gearbox make these things:

First off, I've had numerous occasions where I join a game, where some idiot pisses me off. While I can live with that, I don't really want to meet them again. My first proposal therefore is a method for blacklisting players. A game with a blacklisted player will not appear in your server-list.

Secondly, when the host of a game disconnects, your game should save all progress before quitting. Not only would that fix the problem of duping, it would make online gaming a better experience for everyone.

With duping fixed, trading will become more important. However, trading as it is now is very insecure. You could grab the others's weapon(s) and just log off. Therefore, a trading option, where you can safely trade your weapons, is needed. Actually, this is needed whether duping is fixed or not.

Another thing I run into often when playing online: joining a game, just to get kicked the moment I'm inside. So it would be a real improvement if the host could specify the level required to join.

Lastly, the only support for friends is a friends-list. When I get an invite but I am unable to join because of a time-out, I have no way to either attempt again, or inform the person inviting me of the time-out. Friend-chat for one is a major improvement to start off. Furthermore, it would be nice if an invite would last until the game ends, or the invited goes offline. This would also solve accidentally clicking away the invite, without the other knowing what happened whatsoever.

Furthermore, there are two things that would be cool, but aren't really needed:

Why isn't it possible to compare guns while selling weapons? It makes no sense at all. I really think that needs to be changed.

Also, it would be nice to have a place where you can slightly alter guns for a price, or use parts from two different guns to build a single gun. Again, though it would be cool, it's not necessary, but it would be pretty sweet.

In short, a list of changes I think are needed, I'll update this list as things get fixed, or I think of other things (or you do):
 * Add option to blacklist players
 * Fix disconnecting of host resulting in loss of progress
 * Add trading
 * Add options to specify what players can join an online game
 * Add friends-chat outside of games
 * Add method to accept an invite that wasn't used due to time-out or accidental declining

And another list of nice-to-haves:
 * Enable comparing of guns while selling items
 * Add gun-(re)building