Gearbox Confirms the Big Borderlands 4 Patch That Will Finally Dull the Infamous Crit Knife Is Now Set to Launch Alongside the Horrors of Kairos Mini-Event

Gearbox has said the hotly anticipated Borderlands 4 spot that volition yet dull crit weapon builds is delayed again and volition present motorboat alongside the Horrors of Kairos mini-event.

Borderlands 4’s 'Day 30 Update' was acceptable to motorboat past week but was delayed to aboriginal this week. Fans had wondered erstwhile it would crook up aft different no-show today, prompting developer Gearbox to accidental it’s present owed retired alongside Horrors of Kairos, which runs from October 23 to November 6.

“Glad you’re excited for the update!” Gearbox is posting connected societal media successful effect to questions astir the patch. “We person a fewer things we're tidying up close now, and it’ll beryllium rolling retired with the Horrors of Kairos mini-event. We can’t hold for you to spot what we’ve been brewing.”

The question present is erstwhile precisely the spot volition beryllium released. Horrors of Kairos is down to commencement connected October 23, but it whitethorn extremity up releasing astatine immoderate constituent betwixt past and November 6.

Last week, Gearbox developers addressed disgruntled Borderlands 4 players who questioned the request to nerf overpowered builds successful the mostly single-player looter shooter, saying it was indispensable to sphere the situation and promote physique “diversity.”

Players person been bracing themselves for the extremity of builds that trust connected what the assemblage has dubbed 'the crit knife,' an "unintended interaction” Gearbox has said volition beryllium nerfed with this upcoming patch.

Borderlands 4 is rife with overpowered builds that origin monolithic damage, adjacent to the game’s toughest bosses connected the hardest difficulties. The astir infamous of these is the crit knife, which Gearbox has said it’s alert of. But determination are galore others.

The nerf expanse acceptable to deed Borderlands 4 has sparked a statement wrong the game’s assemblage astir the rights and wrongs of equilibrium changes specified arsenic these successful single-player games. With nary PvP component, Borderlands 4 is mostly astir solo players — and occasional groups of co-op players — farming bosses for loot that makes their physique ever truthful somewhat amended each time.

(IGN precocious interviewed a Borderlands 4 subordinate who spent 150 hours connected implicit 3,000 brag kills to find retired the game’s existent driblet rate.)

Builds based connected the crit knife, for example, tin fundamentally delete bosses adjacent connected Borderlands 4’s toughest difficulty, making farming for loot a trivial endeavor. Some judge there’s thing incorrect with specified overpowered play due to the fact that players aren't competing with others successful immoderate way. Others reason it’s atrocious for the game.

Borderlands 4 originative manager Graeme Timmins has responded to the complaints, pointing to the game’s upcoming Invincible boss, which the developers privation to contiguous a challenge.

“We person aboriginal contented similar the upcoming Invincible that we privation players to find challenge/accomplishment in,” Timmins explained. “If we balanced that contented astir atrocious gear, it would region physique diversity, forcing players into circumstantial builds utilizing said gear.”

Specifically connected the crit knife, subordinate originative manager Grant Kao said this particular, hugely fashionable physique “diminishes playstyle variety,” and confirmed changes are planned.

“We volition beryllium adjusting it,” Kao said. “The crit knife’s imaginable output diminishes playstyle variety. The weapon builds that usage the crit weapon person different options and volition person much options coming soon.”

Timmins past chimed successful connected the crit knife, saying: “Our intent is ever to grow the fig of builds, truthful immoderate accommodation we marque is successful work of that goal.”

All eyes are present connected Gearbox to spot what changes it has successful store for not conscionable Borderlands 4’s crit weapon build, but immoderate physique it believes relies connected an “unintended interaction.”

Earlier this month, Gearbox revealed Borderlands 4 Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day, the archetypal seasonal mini-event for the game, the aforementioned Invincible boss, and more. Last month, Gearbox revealed Borderlands 4’s archetypal of 2 caller Vault Hunters coming to the crippled arsenic portion of the paid Story Pack DLCs. C4SH, owed retired during the archetypal 4th of 2026, is simply a playable quality whose luck-based powers tin marque him either the champion oregon worst quality successful the game.

We’ve got plentifulness much connected Borderlands 4. Last month, a Borderlands 4 dataminer unearthed grounds to suggest that 1 of the astir hated characters from Borderlands 3 was chopped and replaced comparatively precocious successful development. 2K Games and Gearbox declined to remark erstwhile contacted by IGN.

And we precocious reported connected comments from Gearbox main Randy Pitchford, who said if much developers amended understood wherefore gamers emotion making decisions astir loot, "We'd person bully competitors."

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