The latest Borderlands 3 update increases weapon damage and will focus on re-balancing the games difficulty.  Certain areas of the game were visited by players where the enemies were very under levelled.  Certain side missions were also being ignored as the posed no challenge to players.

Borderlands 3 Update Increases Weapon Damage

GENERAL

• Addressed a reported concern that was causing Typhon to sometimes be a potential blocker in “Shadow of Starlight”
• Addressed a reported concern that the Jabbermogwai was sometimes not dropping loot at the correct rate

CHARACTERS

• Removed the Gunner’s “General Winter” minigun damage penalty and Cryo penalty.
• Adjusted the Gunner’s “Exploding. Bullets.” skill to match the current damage output, which was sometimes higher than stated on the skill description
• Addressed an issue with the Beastmaster’s “Furious Attack” skill where it was sometimes rounding its values and making the skill description and damage output appear inconsistent
• Addressed an issue with the Beastmaster’s “Hunter’s Eye” skill where the skill description was sometimes showing values from incorrect fields

LOCATION RE-BALANCING

• Various areas and side missions on Nekrotafeyo should now match the average level of players
• Enemies in The Anvil should now match the average level of players

WEAPONS

Sickle

• Addressed a reported concern that the “Boom” prefix was sometimes not receiving the buff from last week’s hotfix

Boomer

• Increased weapon damage

The Garcia

• Increased the Fire Rate
• Increased the number of projectiles shot

Hellfire

• Increased weapon damage
• Increased the Damage Over Time amount

Hyperfocus XZ41

• Increased weapon damage

Linc

• Increased weapon damage

Nemesis

• Increased weapon damage

Nimble Jack

• Increased weapon damage
• Added 100% Bonus Critical Damage

Ogre

• Increased weapon damage

One Pump Chump

• Increased weapon damage

Roisen’s Thorns

• Increased weapon damage

Sawbar

• Increased weapon damage
• Adjusted the timing of when the three projectiles split to be sooner

SkekSil

• Increased the Extra Projectile Damage

Tankman’s Shield

• Increased the Maximum Damage Cap by 200%
• Increased the percent damage awarded per kill