Total disappointment - LAN function

I have been following Borderlands 3 scene for months, and I can totally say that this is the game I’ve been waiting the most in my entire life.
In August I bought 2 copies of the Super Deluxe Edition of Borderlands 3, and I spent every day with my hype growing.

I was looking forward to play it with a friend of mine, with whom I have played all the previous chapters of this awesome game series, and it has been a gaming experience I’ll never forget.

We used to play with two TV and two PS4 simply connected via LAN, with no internet access available. I agree with the fact that the World is becoming connected, but it’s undeniable that not every area is properly provided with an internet connection designed to play online.
Moreover, even if an internet connection is present, the LAN function remains a valid option for many more reasons.

Yesterday we were finally able to setup our gaming environment to play the so-waited third chapter. We connected everything, we started the game and we tried to create a LAN group.
After some minutes of searching, we discovered that the LAN function was not available on this game. I have never been so disappointed due to a game as this time.

Searching on the web, we saw that only PC is provided with that function, while consoles have to stay connected to a proper internet access to play in LAN.

In the week previous to the launch of the game I contacted the game support, that stated the following:
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Today I don’t have anymore interest in playing this game. I bought it with the certain assumption that LAN would have worked as in the previous games. I bought this game to play with a friend, not to enjoy a single-player campaign.

Now, I feel so mocked and frustrated because it surely seems that this could have been done for economic reasons: you are required to pay to play online on consoles (indeed, LAN is available on the PC, where you don’t have to have an online subscription). If this is true, and they have just removed a function that it was so simply integrable to sell our potential online service subscription purchases, I would be so pissed. Those type of decisions are worth to see the brand failing during the years, and the production with them. This is just an hypotesis and I realy hope this is not the case of GearBox and 2K, because it would be literally ridiculous.

Splitscreen was the only chance we had to play, but since there’s no vertical split and we don’t have such a big TV, I would rather play BL2 again instead the new one.
I would be even willing to pay the useless (in my case) online subscription in order to be able to play in offline LAN, if it’s my money what you want.

I will start a refund process of the 200€ I have spent on this game if there won’t be a soon update to fix these unbeliavable-missing features. I really don’t want to do this, but if there’s no other way I’ll try my best to go against this game.

Your fandom is really great and loves your game-design style: you should try not to lose it. Thanks for your time.

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Man. I feel you on this as I am in the same boat. While it sucks right now I’ve come to realize that we are in the minority of people playing this game. I would imagine there just aren’t that many people with 2 TVs, consoles and game copies attempting to play in the same room. I fully believe we will get this functionality but it is low priority, and I get that.

Also, while it’s a pain, my gf and I have really enjoyed playing with an internet connection. Yes, getting a 2nd ps plus subscription isn’t ideal (you can do a 14 day trial) but it works for now

BL2 received support and updates for YEARS after release. I’m in it for the long haul. Stick around!

I would pay both subscriptions to PS Plus if it was necessary to play LAN multiplayer, but the problem is that we are able to play together only where there’s no internet access.

The fact that we are a minority really sucks and I can’t disagree with this sentence.
However, a good game company should worries also for minorities. LAN setup shouldn’t be cancelled as option since it isn’t getting substituted by new technologies at its fulliest. Moreover, I’m 100% sure that it’s really simple to add LAN feature to the current game with an update, and the fact that’s easy but they don’t fix it is what piss me so much.

People should be able to make these things count.

I understand your frustration. However, this would reward Sony and Gearbox for their obnoxious decisions. I play BL2 via LAN with two friends, and none of us have PS+. I have no intention of paying for PS+ to play BL3 on my own LAN. That’s like paying for sattelite internet access to look at the files on your own harddrive.

3 Super Deluxe copies is $300. That’s enough money already. Selling BL3 at full price for half a game (no LAN) is shameful. Requiring another $180 per year in PS+ fees is absurd when none of us play online multiplayer titles.

It’s pretty ridiculous that they don’t add in classic LAN-play options. I spent more time playing the first game via LAN than I did online. I only play with people I know and trust and we preferred playing over Gameranger (and later, Tunngle). I’m so disappointed.

I think that’s one of the reasons. You can enjoy the online game without subscribing to the online service, so they don’t let you do this anymore.

The online service subscription is literally a theft. For some people that are able to enjoy the game for several hours every week it’s acceptable, but if I want to play online like twice a month I’m really requested to pay 9€? That’s insulting and shameful.

What is next? A PS+ subscription to play split-screen? The paywall was established for internet multiplayer, but it has infected LAN multiplayer. Yeah, we really need those trophies for PS+. Such a great feature.

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Next step will be to pay monthly to play offline for a game that it has already been purchased.

I know that we are a minority and if our copies weren’t sold, they wouldn’t have lost any relevant money. But not announcing that LAN won’t be available, and moreover confirming the opposite via email, it’s really a fraud.

If the conditions are those, I’ll play on the PC soon. And I won’t pay any single cents for the game. If that’s what we have to do…

There’s no way we can make this reach GearBox for true?

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Any reasonable person would assume that BL3 would offer a LAN mode for console. Gearbox was probably prevented from revealing the lack of this feature by the impatient publisher 2K. Surely thousands of fans bought the game and were surprised that they had no option to connect two nearby PS4 consoles via ethernet cable or WiFi.

Perhaps a patch will enable those of us, who have no desire to pay for a PS+ subscription, to play together in the same room with two TVs and two PS4s.

Maybe not fraud, but it is severely poor communication from 2K. The box should say “offline 2-player split-screen” is available and “LAN multiplayer is not available.”

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Still no offline LAN option available for consoles…and with so few people who care, this option is not going to be added if it requires any effort by Gearbox.

Squeaky wheels get the grease. Offline LAN players are not squeaky enough to matter, apparently.

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My friend and I also play this way when we both get a day off together. He comes over and we both plug in to my modem and honestly we never had much of an issue with connectivity. This was actually suprising for us as PS4s hog a ton of bandwidth and I’m in Canada with not amazing internet. It is curious as to why the feature isn’t supported like Vertical Splitscreen or friends being able to join your game without an invite when on friends only. One would expect the advancement of features like being able to stay in party with your friends upon exiting a game or stuff like that. Instead this game dose take away a list of things we had come to expect from the series. The story of BL3 has been the same since day one. One step forward 3 steps back. I still enjoy the game and love the new stuff I’m just not one to be blind and ignore the shortcomings of a game I like.

Another patch, and no LAN gameplay for consoles…

Gearbox, if you want my $100+, either add readable text in splitscreen or enable offline LAN play. The game is useless with a PS+ paywall to me.

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Don’t feel bad, LAN is 100% broken for me on PC.

Necromancy is a dead end…