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Sierra

Nov 26, 2019 @ 11:39am

Let us play the story mode offline.

It would be a huge shame to lose the story mode as to some of us it was the whole reason we cared for this game, it never needed to be always online for this mode anyway, let us keep it even if we can never play it co-op again.

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MeGAct

Nov 26, 2019 @ 11:44am

This is the main reason i played battleborn the PVE, it was fun it was challenging.

They must release a patch that allows P2P connections with one player acting as the server for the session.

Sierra

Nov 26, 2019 @ 11:46am

I'd be satisfied with a solo only patch but even that seems unlikely.

Krofinn

Nov 26, 2019 @ 2:22pm

This is how I played the game as well.

edisn

Nov 26, 2019 @ 3:44pm

I originaly bought it because it had a storymode.

But dependent on how it was builöd a Offline mode might be hard.
(I think it was build in a way that even singleplayer opened a server session, so they would have to release the server or part of its function.)

Gausstappen has Battleborn

Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:04am

I don't know if it's even possible, but maybe someone with skilled coding can take the entire game, "crack" it, change some codes and then free it from dev chains. with this and some tweak there should be a way to play it like some people play that Halo on multiplayer pc when there was no official support for it.
I mean, you can't even call it "piracy" since after 2021 you can't download it anywhere and cant play it anywhere, right?

Last edited by Gausstappen; Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:07am

Mentally Unstable Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:13am

Originally posted by Xeropel:
I don't know if it's even possible, but maybe someone with skilled coding can take the entire game, "crack" it, change some codes and then free it from dev chains. with this and some tweak there should be a way to play it like some people play that Halo on multiplayer pc when there was no official support for it.
I mean, you can't even call it "piracy" since after 2021 you can't download it anywhere and cant play it anywhere, right?

And risk getting sued by Gearbox? Just because they are shutting it down doesn't mean the license has become a free for all and thrown out to the public. It is still their IP even if they decide to do nothing with it for the next 20 years.

Gausstappen has Battleborn

Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:16am

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:
Originally posted by Xeropel:
I don't know if it's even possible, but maybe someone with skilled coding can take the entire game, "crack" it, change some codes and then free it from dev chains. with this and some tweak there should be a way to play it like some people play that Halo on multiplayer pc when there was no official support for it.
I mean, you can't even call it "piracy" since after 2021 you can't download it anywhere and cant play it anywhere, right?

And risk getting sued by Gearbox? Just because they are shutting it down doesn't mean the license has become a free for all and thrown out to the public. It is still their IP even if they decide to do nothing with it for the next 20 years.

People have paid for this game, myself included. It's somewhat legit to do something like this. Not legally legit, but... legit.

Mentally Unstable Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:24am

Originally posted by Xeropel:
People have paid for this game, myself included. It's somewhat legit to do something like this. Not legally legit, but... legit.

Do you honestly think "legit" is going to hold up in court?

Gausstappen has Battleborn

Nov 27, 2019 @ 6:49am

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:
Do you honestly think "legit" is going to hold up in court?

I get it, I get it.
Still, it's a real shame what we're going through. This is why I have trust issues.

edisn

Nov 27, 2019 @ 10:15am

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:
Do you honestly think "legit" is going to hold up in court?

Probably Depends on the exact wording of the License and the country they are sued in.

Like which provision are "Null and Void", and if the value lost is recognized.
For example the "Book Value" of the game schould have reached 0 for everybody who bought it.

PS: I am sure there is a country they prefere in the License (or even arbitration) but some Countrys customer protection voids that.

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Fomin

Nov 27, 2019 @ 4:57pm

Originally posted by Sierra:
It would be a huge shame to lose the story mode as to some of us it was the whole reason we cared for this game, it never needed to be always online for this mode anyway, let us keep it even if we can never play it co-op again.

2K probably doesn't want you to be able to play old games because then you are less likely to buy and play their new games. They could easily release a patch for offline play but they won't because a functional, offline version of Battleborn would compete with Borderlands 3.

"Games as a service" is fraud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAX0gnZ3Nw

Last edited by Fomin; Nov 27, 2019 @ 5:00pm

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