Is there solid proof that BL3 will be an MMO

[Crabapentin]

I need to know if I need to sell my steam account and quit gaming or not

[Wings]

No. There's no solid proof for anyone even be working on BL3 yet.

[Crabapentin]

NineToes님이 먼저 게시:

no way, BL as mmo will be the end of the saga

Its a VERY large spread rumor, I dont know if its true or not

[Spare]

rumors suck.

[vaulthunter426]

As obsessed as I am with Borderlands, I will never do an mmo with subscription...sad day:/ hope it's a false rumor.

[Riucario~]

MaxxUNO님이 먼저 게시:

As obsessed as I am with Borderlands, I will never do an mmo with subscription...sad day:/ hope it's a false rumor.

ITS NOT EVEN A RUMOR. Only that its gonna be a MMO. But the monthly sub-part is a troll and you fell for it, like 50% of this topic... lol...

[ZΦdiΔrK]

Evil Vyse님이 먼저 게시:

Yes, Randy Pitchford said in a statement today that Borderlands 3 will be an MMO on a monthly subscription, the main antagonist in the story mode will be Marcus.
There will also be a cash store where you can buy legendaries.

See the official statement here at www.ifyoucopypastethisyouredumberthanithought.com/hahafooledyou

Copypasting that would not make someone dumb, simply unobservant. Pretty funny tho, nevertheless. I almost copied it lol.

[Cephalopod]

No way, I'd never buy an MMO. Please no. Just make a BIG and badass lookin Boderlands 3 Coop Style, like all the games before.

MMOs are just... bad. Not quite as bad as Free to play, but near.

[xythenz]

Okay see heres the thing, I cannot attest to whether or not its true but it does make a lot of sense. It would fit bl2 pretty well, and the game is pretty much on that path with its massive popularity.
Example: When the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim hit an apex in its popularity a rumor began that it would be an mmorpg. Of course no one believed it until it was confirmed. But it happened and it makes a lot of sense. A popular game with good gameplay wants more money and goes for the MMO market. I can't say if its true or not but it would make sense.

[Wings]

ჯყȶɦἔด็็็็็้้้้้็็ʐ님이 먼저 게시:

Okay see heres the thing, I cannot attest to whether or not its true but it does make a lot of sense. It would fit bl2 pretty well, and the game is pretty much on that path with its massive popularity.
Example: When the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim hit an apex in its popularity a rumor began that it would be an mmorpg. Of course no one believed it until it was confirmed. But it happened and it makes a lot of sense. A popular game with good gameplay wants more money and goes for the MMO market. I can't say if its true or not but it would make sense.

there are plenty of popular games that never went MMO.

as far as i know the whole MMO thing started from the last few words that were said in the last cutscene of "needing all the vault hunters you can get" and someone just chose to think it could mean MMO.

also when it comes to TES: online, It is not TESVI like skyrim is TESV, meaning the mmo is a spinoff.

[Dr. Rockso]

It will be an MMO, so are you going to quit gaming now?

[Myrrabelle]

Imo, a mmo version of BL could be good, if it is done the right way. Many will just refuse to pay any suscription but to me, it is not the real problem. The question is: is the BL universe able to receive a mmo? yes. Should it be the only future of the licence? Certainly not. The TESO example is pretty different since Elder Scroll always had a roleplay dimension borderlands lacks, but with a good development team it could be a great addition to the universe.

@Mechromancer: MMOs are not bad, maybe you don't like them and I understand that, but they fit to another type of customers, people who actually not conceive to play another way. I play MMOs, a few FPS, even some MOBA, and I only have to say "no matter what you play since you have fun". Aaaand yeah a big badass BL3 must be.

[LailapsVT]

My worry is less about the game play and more about the tone and humor. Vault Hunters are fun because they are all kind of borderline sociopathic lunatics with unique personalities.

Krieg was so fun to play because of the insane stuff he said (which has made playing Athena a little less awesome for me), the Mechromancer cracks me up, looking forward to the madness of Claptrap, and Salvador's backstory stuff is awesome.

But, if it goes MMO, I'm unsure if that aspect can really remain intact. You could maybe choose a voice and personality, match it to a unique and fun looking character model (if they have a robust costume creation, which would be a must in my book), it MIGHT hit the target.

Also of note, if they fundamentally change the gameplay, the style, it would be a huge mistake.
I'm not averse to having insane shooter fun with large groups of people, but I don't want it to be different fun. The FPS needs to be very intact, and if my headshots and skill start to matter dramatically less than loot and grinding, it could kill it.

[crazie8]

If it's a b2p mmo similiar to gw2 vanilla then I am all for it. Cash shop for quality of life and cosmetic items that you really don't need to spend a dime unless you really want to. ie. nothing in there should be related to player power.

If it's a p2p mmo then it had better be truely awsome b/c almost all mmos except wow that requires a sub have sucked. Most recent examples are swtor, wildstar, and eso which were severely disappointing. None of these new sub based mmos are worth the money after I have played them extensively, at least to me.

Now the one main reason why a bl mmo would be cool is that mmos generally have constant updates that fixes bugs, exploits, and no mercy bans on people who use third party cheats like gibbed/cheatengine/etc. Currently, just like previous bls; tps is a cheaters/exploiters heaven that will never ever be addressed. Patches in this series are far and few between....probably due to no real extra revenue past the box/season pass cost. In a MMO setting, this would change drastically but in turn that would piss off a crap ton of cheaters + the 'purists'. Who knows...

While I think a bl mmo would be a neat idea, it had better be done RIGHT or it will fail hardcore.

[Mandragoren 209]

My only problem is I can see the black market = cash shop and that would be sad.

[TacoFox]

bah, forget the MMO, Borderlands the RTS is going to blow starcraft out of the water for Koreans.