Borderlands would've been far better if there were AI teammates

[Amplifier]

I've been playing all 3 BL games mostly solo, since practically no one even plays this game on pub and I have no friends playing this rather niche looter genre. And it's just sad honestly. I've been wondering why I feel such a lacking heart toward the series and realized this is why. It always feels like I'm missing out on 3/4 of the other content the game has. Even at the rare times I do play with friends, it feels kinda hollow just seeing these silent vault hunters running around to just grab loot.

I don't see why Gearbox can't implement a companion system where we solo players can have the other 3 vault hunters also fighting alongside us. After all, they already have the mechanics to have temporary followers fighting with you during missions. It'd also be truer to the canon lore where the vault hunters are supposed to be tgt and not just only one of them solo-ing the whole campaign.

It could be similiar to BG3 where companions can also react to our actions taken. It would flesh out all the vault hunters SO MUCH more... And if any player joins our game, they'll instantly just control of the AI companion.

Lastly it'd be a HUGE win for us solo players and doesn't affect people who already play pub. It can be optional. You still wanna play solo, fine. You still wanna play with your friends, fine. It seriously feels like Gearbox isnt stepping up enough to refine the series otherwise

[kukuhimanpr]

dunno if its true, but i read a random article or trivia or opinion that gearbox tried to implement ai teammates in b1, but they've scrapped that plan. and considering their infamous track record with aliens colon marines, i can't trust gbox to implement a good ai teammates system, especially with how ludicrously parkour fast and crazy the battle pacing in any borderlands fights.

for me, i already got my wish of good customizable ai teammates in borderlands-like games in god eater 2+3. maybe there are other borderlands-like games that have smart customizable ai teammates, but sorry i can't think of others at the moment.

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by kukuhimanpr:

dunno if its true, but i read a random article or trivia or opinion that gearbox tried to implement ai teammates in b1, but they've scrapped that plan. and considering their infamous track record with aliens colon marines, i can't trust gbox to implement a good ai teammates system, especially with how ludicrously parkour fast and crazy the battle pacing in any borderlands fights.

for me, i already got my wish of good customizable ai teammates in borderlands-like games in god eater 2+3. maybe there are other borderlands-like games that have smart customizable ai teammates, but sorry i can't think of others at the moment.

I don't see the issue with them implementing it now since BL3 is more advanced. There's numerous times you have allies travelling with you in the missions here and there so I dont see what the issue is. If the companion traversal is a problem just have them teleport to you or something.

[Bankai9212]

More advance? Even the companions that appear at fixed points aren’t anything to right home about. Heck Flaks pets highlight the ai issue. Considering the issues bl3 had in terms of balance working on ai isn’t a major priority for gearbox and I don’t think most players care for them here.

Plus fleshing out characters would require competent writers which we can tell from 3 onwards isn’t the case.

[ГѳббчЄяяѳя]

Bruh, even if I find a game I get kicked or they leave. The solo players are all AFK Flaks, like I've been trying to play. I'm in the same boat as you. None of my friends will touch it and match making is a joke almost always. I usually play in Lan with my husband if he wants to play so how hard is it to change the privacy settings, I just want to play with people in the 4 player game!

[Bankai9212]

You could ask on here, granted those who kicked it left should have changed the settings but that’s a personal issue for them.

Besides an ai companion wouldn't be the same as an actual person.

[Junipercat]

Originally posted by OK:

Even at the rare times I do play with friends, it feels kinda hollow just seeing these silent vault hunters running around to just grab loot.

Having A.I. teammates will not fix that as they still aren't real. Why not use voice chat? That way you are interacting with your "friends" instead of them being essentially a more random A.I.

[kukuhimanpr]

yea we'll see maybe they'll find new developers that can actually make some decent hireable ai teammates in b4 or another borderlands spinoff that has their own unique skills, story quests and rewards like mass effect - fallout type of games. hopefully we can also hire surviving vault hunters from previous titles... maybe hireable digistruct ai simulacra versions of them, since there's enough proof in borderlands universe that there is technology to make digistruct ai simulacra persona's as battle companion such as zer0, timothy and zane's holograms and the tftb ai hologram jack made by nakayama.

personally playing with ai teammates is more fun for me because i can customize their skills and cosmetics to my discretions, and their personalities and stories make me more immersed in the game world, while playing with human teammates usually break immersion and i have to juggle emotions to compromise with their demands and keep the atmosphere fun for the party... maybe its because i'm sick of the numerous harassment and pressures from my own teammates during my dota2 LoL years (ironically most enemies i encountered there are usually polite or just silent). i have no regrets leaving the MoBA esports world.