Borderlands 2 reveals a list of common issues reported by players after release Borderlands 4first story pack, including a planned change to the recently added shared progression feature. It's been a big week Borderlands 4 players, as the highly anticipated Mad Ellie and Vault of the Damned Story Pack has finally arrived. The premium DLC added a new story to the game along with tons of other content such as weapons, gear, and a fifth vault hunter named C4SH.
Alongside Mad Ellie and Vault of the Damned, Borderlands 4 released a huge new update for all players. The free update included a number of highly anticipated changes, including increasing the level cap in Borderlands 4 by 10, from 50 to 60. Players now have an additional 10 skill points to use in their builds, making Vault Hunters even stronger than before. However, the update also added a much-requested feature that allows players to share progress between their characters. This meant that various collectibles, Vault Powers, SDU tokens, map progression and many other things no longer had to be replenished with new characters. Interestingly, not all players seem to have embraced this big change.
Borderlands 4 is raising its level cap on March 26th
Along with the new Story Pack, Gearbox Software is revealing even more features coming to Borderlands 4 and its major update on March 26th.
Borderlands 4 Shared progression is optional
While many fans welcomed the addition of Shared Progression alongside Borderlands 4Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned Story Pack, some weren't thrilled about it. Based on this feedback, Gearbox announced that the studio is working on a way to make this feature optional, allowing players to turn off Shared Progression if they want in the game's settings. There seems to be a lot of people in the community who don't like the all-or-nothing nature of this change, so the ability to really start over with a new character and have to unlock everything and find them is a welcome announcement. Unfortunately, there's no confirmation of a time frame, so it's unknown how long players can wait for this setting to be implemented.
In the comments, some players took things a step further and requested that Gearbox create a shared progression aspect Borderlands 4 more customizable. Ideas range from a toggle-style menu where players can essentially choose what they want to share, to SDUs that are still unlocked but the original events are still active and offer XP for completing them. Based on the feedback, there doesn't seem to be a shortage of opinions on how Borderlands 4 should be, but time will tell if Gearbox will ultimately agree with these ideas.
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Feedback is nothing new to the Borderlands franchise, especially with this current entry. The discussion around Shared Progression is actually much more civil than usual Borderlands 4 experienced its own review-bombing after its launch last year. At the time, many fans were upset with the technical issues affecting the game, especially on the PC version. Adding fuel to the fire was Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, who made several comments before and after the launch that didn't sit well with fans of the franchise. Repairs eventually arrived and tensions dissipated, although not all issues were resolved.
It looks like PC gamers are still having persistent issues six months later. While the gaming experience is better now than it was back then, Gearbox lead producer Eli Luna admitted that the remaining Borderlands 4 The issues prove to be stressful, especially when trying to balance new content while continuing to work on game performance. Still, Luna noticed that recently Borderlands 4 the update increased FPS by 20%, but noted that there is still a lot of work to be done and won't leave players who only meet the minimum system requirements.
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September 12, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Crude Language, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction
