Forum:My experience with DLC4

Alright, I know this is a long time coming, but I just got around to beating DLC4. By the end of it, I was level 64 and was still using my level 61 weapons I got from farming craw back in DLC3. This is one problem among many.

Throughout the entire DLC, due to how the chests were placed (and the overabundance of white chests, 100% of them containing CRAP loot.) I was never struck with a feeling of "I REALLY need to get that red/white chest." like I had been before. Mainly because I felt there was no chance of getting anything good (DarkSide ended up proving my feelings correct.) even with the level cap being upped to 69. I feel as though DarkSide modified the drop tables to give sh*t. The only oranges I remember getting were a yellow level 65 skullmasher that pulled less damage than my level 61 variant and, no joke, a firehawk with the prefix "bad". And that's what it was, just bad. I. Picked. Up. Nothing. There was NOTHING worth replacing my current equipment with, or even worth taking a second look at.

I also felt like the difficulty curve was a bit...weird. All of the bosses, save MINAC, were very easy. The only parts of the game where I felt things actually got difficult was at the hyperion dump, and the bridge that got flooded with claptraps and D-fault's men on his mission.

And of course the personalities of the characters were off, as well as the stories for the missions. D-fault could have been at least comparable to MadJack back-story wise having several missions leading up to him, but instead it was "Yeah...he's a problem, kill him for us, kthanx.". I had a problem with Tannis as a whole, I can get that her mental state is degenerating, but I don't think that in a month's time we would be doing a copy of the "brains" mission way back from DLC1 that would end with her building a twitching, sparking robot. Also, that bit at the end with Marcus mentioning Eden-6 was more maddening then anything. I rage'd hard at the thought of DarkSide making another DLC for my beloved borderlands.

Bottom line. Was it worth the $10 I paid for it by itself? No, I can't say I would have paid for it if it were on it's own. What does make it worth it is the massive replayability lended by going backthrough on PT1 for the skill point and backpack SDU. That free level cap increase really tied everything together in the end.

The DLC on it's own, 6/10. Not worth the $10 I paid. If BL by itself wasn't such a solid game it would be much lower.

Level cap increase, and second playthrough included: 8/10

Mr. Pitchford, if you're somehow listening. PLEASE, DO NOT LET DARKSIDE BASTARDIZE BORDERLANDS ANYMORE.

tl;dr: NOhara24's elaborate complaining.

NOhara24 21:25, November 15, 2010 (UTC)