Honestly, I never had an issue fighting one of the main bosses in Lectra City. Probably because I’m a bunny-hopping addict who has played 90s shooters filled with bullet sponge bosses. But a lot of you have problems with Killavolt. Ditto with Zane but for underpowered reasons.

The latest Borderlands 3 hot fix changes all that; it went live a few hours ago. Here are the highlights:

• Zane gets a buff in Digi-Clone damage (38%) and SNTNL damage (50%). Cryo bullets damage penalty is removed, drone rocket damage is increased by 50%, and Almighty Ordnance Rockets damage increases by 75%.
• Amara’s Guardian Angel health restoration is reduced from 100% to 50%, while Glamour damage penalty is reduced from 30% to 10%.
• FL4K gets a nerf in his Guerillas in the Mists skill. Its duration is now 6 seconds and its critical damage bonus is now 25%.
• Maliwan weapons now get a buff after being the laughing stock since the game’s launch. These guns will get a 25% damage boost and a 20% fire rate buff.
• Killavolt’s Shield Storm attack is now a tad fair. Instead of hitting everyone on the floor with this particular attack, it now disables the tiles around Killavolt. Oops…

Going back to Borderlands 3 after seeing this? Don’t forget to check out our following guides too!

–Borderlands story recap

–Borderlands 3 Skill Tree & Vault Hunter builds to test out

-Borderlands 3 Complete Legendary Weapons list

Borderlands 3 now joins the ranks of other loot-and-shoot games with live services-style updates. No true player is asking for perfect balance in a Borderlands game, but at least Gearbox is keeping the game healthy and active for months to come.

The full list is below:

WEAPON HOTFIXES

Sniper Rifles

Sniper rifles deal high damage but felt a little cumbersome to use in certain scenarios. This change will increase their overall damage and increase usability in more combat engagements.

• Critical Damage increased by 20%
• Fire Rate increased by 15%
• Time to Aim Down Sights (ADS) reduced by 15%
• Time to Equip reduced by 20%

Pistols

Jakobs and Torgue Pistols were outperforming other manufacturers, dealing damage to groups of enemies at a much higher rate than other pistols. This change keeps their identity intact but reduces overall group control. TEDIORE, DAHL, and Children of the Vault Pistols have manufacturer penalties that affected their overall damage. Increasing their overall damage will overcome some of the penalties while retaining their unique gameplay style and feel.

• Increased damage on all TEDIORE Pistols by 15%
• Increased damage on all DAHL Pistols by 15%
• Increased damage on all Children of the Vault Pistols by 20%
• Reduced damage on Jakobs Pistols by 15%
• Reduced damage on Torgue Pistols by 10%

Maliwan Manufacturer

Maliwan weapons had reduced overall damage because they applied elemental DoTs at a rate and damage greatly above other manufacturers. This effect was toned down before launch, but the overall damage was not sufficiently adjusted to compensate for the reduction in elemental DoTs. We’re adding back some of the overall damage and making the weapons faster so elemental builds can really take advantage of Maliwan weaponry.

• All Maliwan Weapon Damage increased by 25%
• All Maliwan Weapon Fire Rate increased by 20%

Atlas Manufacturer

Atlas weapons relied on a game loop that we felt gave players a greater advantage when used correctly. Turns out the loop is not used if the damage doesn’t compensate for the time to set up. So now damage on Atlas weapons should facilitate players using them in general on top of feeling badass when they take advantage of Atlas technology.

• All Atlas Weapon Damage increased by 25%

Miscellaneous Adjustments

The Jakobs Assault Rifle change was to differentiate the Assault Rifle from the pistol as more of a mid to long range powerhouse. Since the Assault Rifles have low mag sizes compared to other Assault Rifles, they’re getting a slight increase to overall damage to compensate. DAHL SMGs had their Fire Rates adjusted down before launch but their damage was never sufficiently increased so they should feel more appropriate compared to other SMGs. And the Vladof Heavy Weapon damage has been increased to share in the full Heavy Weapon treatment.

• Jakobs Assault Rifles Damage increased by 20%
• DAHL SMG Damage increased by 10%
• Vladof Heavy Weapon Damage increased by 25%
• E-Tech TEDIORE Shotgun Damage increased by 50%

Legendary Modifications

We’re going to be making a larger, comprehensive Legendary gear pass but we have included the following changes. King’s and Queen’s Call were modified to lower the fire rate. The weapon has a limited burst shot count so overall feel of the gun isn’t dramatically affected.

• King’s and Queen’s Call Fire Rate reduced by 50%
• Firestorm and Storm base Charge Times were reduced to 1 second (down from 2)

GRAVEWARD

Graveward’s beam attacks did not properly scale based on level so at higher levels, the two beam attacks hardly phased players. Players will find his attacks to be more lethal now. In addition, Graveward is a very large enemy and is too easily susceptible to elemental damage unlike the other large bosses. Elemental damage on Graveward is now greatly reduced but to compensate, Graveward’s overall health was reduced.

• Attacks of Graveward now scale based on level
• Reduced overall health by 20%
• Increased resistances to Elemental Damage
  – Elemental Chance Resistance increased by 70%
  – Elemental Resistances increased by 30%
  – Elemental DoT Duration taken reduced by 30%

MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES

• Hollow Point Guardian Rank has been temporarily disabled. We plan on addressing this further in a future patch.
• Vault Hunters should no longer scream when affected by a DoT while shields are active.
• Vending Machines will now be restocked with higher quality “Items of the Day”.
• Adjusted a visual concern on Maliwan Shotguns with Cryo Element.
• Legendary loot drops have been balanced throughout the game. Crew Challenge enemies will drop their intended specific loot, and some enemies like Troy and Rampager will be a bit more stingy and no longer drop Legendaries every kill.

VAULT HUNTER ADJUSTMENTS

Zane

Zane’s gadgets were great at providing additional utility but lacked impact as players leveled up. We increased the Digi-Clone damage with all equipped weapon so the skill can scale better with players as they get to higher levels and harder content. The Drone requires a lot of player involvement to take full advantage of its damage output and increasing the base damage as well as the augments will greatly increase the Drone’s versatility and reward players even more for using it effectively.

• Digi-Clone Damage Increased by 38%
• Drone Damage increased by 50%
  – Cryo Bullets damage penalty removed
  – Drone Rocket damage increased by 50%
  – Almighty Ordnance Rockets damage increased by 75%

Amara

• Guardian Angel health restoration reduced from 100% to 50%
• Glamour damage penalty reduced from -30% to -10%

FL4K

Guerillas in the Mist’s bonuses greatly outweighed its penalty to the base skill. We don’t want to remove the playstyle completely, but the overall damage output had to be slightly adjusted because it was outperforming other builds. We’re monitoring the changes and may make another change to the ammo return in a future patch.

• Guerillas in the Mist duration reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds
• Guerillas in the Mist Critical Damage Bonus reduced from 50% to 25%

Patch Fixes

Performance

• [PC Only] Reduced the amount of texture streaming that was occurring when aiming down sights.
• Addressed a reported concern where certain users with a lot of people in their friend’s list saw more frequent hitching.
• Implementing General stability improvements.

General Fixes and Improvements

• Addressed a reported issue where KillaVolt’s Shield Storm attack does not disable the tiles around KillaVolt, resulting in the entire floor being activated (oops).
• Addressed a potential progression blocker in the mission “Footsteps of Giants”.
• Addressed a reported issue where Guardian Rank had the potential to become non-functional and/or the player could potentially lose Guardian Rank tokens into the negatives.
• Modified vending machines so it will now sort items by rarity.
• Console FOV is now set to 75 by default. This will not affect players who have already started the game.
• Special prompts for particle text (Tediore guns, “critical”, “immune”) are now properly localized.
• Addressed a reported concern that certain players experienced where their vehicle’s boost could continue into the next map.
• Addressed a reported concern with “Porcelain Pipe Bomb” where it set off multiple explosions when colliding with objects.

This grenade was never meant to explode multiple times. All enemies in the Borderlands universe are now safe from being instantly melted by radioactive poop.

UI

• Adjusted the verbiage for “left stick” and “right stick” inside the Russian localized version of the control options screen.
• Addressed a reported issue where certain users experienced a failure of the audio to play when spending skill points in the UI.
• The text is now correctly marked “invalid” when you enter an invalid e-mail address on the SHiFT account creation page.
• Addressed a reported issue where the item of the day item card would flash briefly before displaying on vending machines.
• Addressed a reported concern that certain players were served an unread mail icon when they didn’t have mail to read.
• Iron Bear button prompts will now correctly update if you re-bind your controls.
• Modified various features and elements of Crazy Earl’s store.
• Addressed a reported issue where subtitles wouldn’t display until after the initial cutscene.
• Addressed an issue experienced by certain players that social notifications could become stuck on-screen.
• Addressed a player concern that certain item preview images were failing to load inside the player bank.
• [PC Only] Addressed an issue reported by certain PC players where the focus from the mouse’s last known location was sticking around even when playing with a gamepad.
• Addressed an issue reported by certain players where the cursor would snap to an unintended location in the UI.

Splitscreen and Online Multiplayer

• Addressed a concern reported by certain players that the dialogue volume faded too low before switching to ECHO audio during split-screen gameplay.
• Addressed a concern reported by certain players that sounds were quiet or missing for the second split-screen player if they move too far from player one.
• Addressed a concern reported by certain players that 3-player groups were having trouble matchmaking with an additional solo player.
• Addressed a reported concerned experienced by certain players that in split-screen one player’s sprinting animation could be interrupted by the other player opening the ECHO menu.
• Addressed a concern reported by certain players that in split-screen where one player’s aiming down sights could be interrupted by the other player opening the ECHO menu.
• Addressed a handful of reported client replication issues:
  – Addressed Tina’s pizza bomb so it displays correctly for clients.
  – Modified certain audio elements that were reportedly looping for clients.
  – Addressed a reported player concern so the Guardian Skill “Dead Man’s Hand” now functions properly.
• Player icons are now pinned to the side of the mini-map when playing in any kind of multiplayer.