History VideoGame / Battleborn

The trailer for Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNajixPavFo here.]] The trailer for Toby's Friendship Raid can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCcrQa63J1E here.]] The trailer for Oscar Mike vs. the Battle School can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dML0ENhZS_Q here.]]

* '''Pheoebe and the Heart of Ekkunar''': TBA

** '''Attackers''' are the main damage dealers of the game, such as Rath, Deande, Phoebe, Whiskey Foxtrot, Mellka, Thorn, Marquis, Oscar Mike, Benedict, Caldarius, El Dragón, Orendi, Shayne & Aurox, Ghalt, and Pendles.
** '''Defenders''' are tanks who can soak up damage for the team, such as Attikus, Galilea, Kelvin, Boldur, ISIC, Toby, Montana, and Ernest.
** '''Support''' characters help the team by acting as buffers and healers, such as Miko, Reyna, Kleese, Ambra, Alani, and Kid Ultra.

** '''Supporters''' fill the healer role as they tend to focus on having abilities that support other characters with a number focusing primarily on providing health. Characters like Alani, Ambra, and Miko have abilities that primarily focus on providing health to allies and are aptly indicated as such via Healer listed being listed as one of their three characteristics in the Command Menu. Reyna and Kleese meanwhile have abilities that primarily focus more on providing shields instead of health and are indicated as such via having Shielder listed in their characteristics rather than Healer. These two have some Helix augments that can allow them to provide health as well however at their core, they're mainly geared towards providing shields.

* '''Montana and the Demon Bear''': Coming February 2, 2017. Cozy up to the campfire and prepare to be terrified. Montana has a story you'll never believe is true. Join him as he tells of his great encounter with a terrifying beast.

* DLC 4 – 5 Story Operations coming in Winter 2016.

* TauntButton: Much like ''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat'', there's one. Unlike ''VideoGame/MondayNightCombat'', it is entirely for kicks with actual reason to it in gameplay (unless you're hoping your kill will get psychologically tilted).

The trailer for Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNajixPavFo here.]] The trailer for Toby's Friendship Raid can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCcrQa63J1E here.]] The trailer for Oscar Mike vs. The Battle School can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dML0ENhZS_Q here.]]

* '''Oscar Mike vs. Battle School''' - coming in Winter 2016: Listen up, badasses! Oscar Mike is going to take your training to a whole new badass level. Slackers will not be tolerated.

The trailer for Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNajixPavFo here.]] The trailer for Toby's Friendship Raid can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCcrQa63J1E here.]]

* ScrewYourself: Implied via info from one of Oscar Mikes' lore challenges. The heads of Planet Mike, home of the Mike clones, and essentially the entire Mike clone nation are King Mike and Queen Mike.

* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: As revealed in [[https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/story-time-with-jythri/1552310 a visit by Randy Varnell]] at the [[AllThereInTheManual Battleborn Discord server]], the [[AlternativeCalendar Standard Codex Reckoning (C.R.) calendar]] came about because of a few very extra-ordinary things. One of those being the natural death of the star Celestis, leaving 1 million active stars tracked by the Eldrid on Codex. Other reasons that make year zero big are when the Varelsi first appear and begin darkening uninhabited systems; and Lenore discovering the science of Sustainment.

* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: As [[revealed in https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/story-time-with-jythri/1552310 a visit by Randy Varnell]] at the [[AllThereInTheManual Battleborn Discord server]], the [[AlternativeCalendar Standard Codex Reckoning (C.R.) calendar]] came about because of a few very extra-ordinary things. One of those being the natural death of the star Celestis, leaving 1 million active stars tracked by the Eldrid on Codex. Other reasons that make year zero big are when the Varelsi first appear and begin darkening uninhabited systems; and Lenore discovering the science of Sustainment.

** The UPR have the [=BUF=] Festival, a very simple holiday wherein all one has to remember is 3 F's: Fireworks, Feats of Strength, and Falafel. [=BUF=] of course stands for "Bright Universe Festival". While the explanation is simple enough, it does lead to Kelvin saying, "So, the UPR celebrates the rekindling of Solus with the 'Bright Universe Festival' Festival, with 3 F's?" To this, Whiskey Foxtrot says to not bother questioning as he himself had already tried explaining to "these jackasses".

* WorldHalfFull: See BittersweetEnding entry, [[spoiler: which the ending of Heliophage is this trope. Rendain is dead but Valresi will one day consume Solus or stalled until the end of the system's lifespan. However, the [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits Battleborn]] managed to achieve small victories with the momentum of Valresi invasion being crippled without the command of [[TheQuisling Rendain]]. As a result, CosmicHorrorStory nature of its universe finally got its breather. Out of their decision to die alone in WeAreStrugglingTogether or fight together as a united force, [[TheIdealist they]] chose the latter.]]

** The Jennerit have Solus Day, a new holiday which commemorates when the Heliophage was destroyed. Starting at dawn, Exodus the Jennerit's orbital mega-ship follows Solus' path across the sky, gradually eclipsing more and more of Solus until it reaches its zenith. An artificial total eclipse is then created. Afterwards, the eclipse end, there's a Viper flyover, a masquerade, and etc. It's a thrilling spectacle according to Deande.

** The Jennerit have Solus Day. Starting at dawn, Exodus the Jennerit's orbital mega-ship follows Solus' path across the sky, gradually eclipsing more and more of Solus until it reaches its zenith. An artificial total eclipse is then created. Afterwards, the eclipse end, there's a Viper flyover, a masquerade, and etc. It's a thrilling spectacle according to Deande.

* IntelligentGerbil: A good number of the alien races in the lore are basically sapient versions of Earth animals. To name a few, there are the Aviants, BirdPeople whose subspecies [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism range]] from straight up PettingZooPeople to [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal Accessory Wearing]] FunnyAnimals; the Roa Pendles' race which are basically anthropomorphic SnakePeople with snake tail-like CombatTentacles that naturally molt off upon adulthood; and the MonstrousSeal-like alien race which the main antagonist of the DLC Toby's Friendship Raid belongs to.

* InHarmonyWithNature: The main deal with the Eldrid. They believe in the natural order of the universe and prefer harmonizing with the universal laws rather than altering them as seen with their abilities and technology. For this, they've been called space hippies by other factions. Although they may come off as such, that doesn't mean they're pacifists who'll just hug it out when pushed. They'll fight to preserve the natural order of the universe against those who would disrupt it.

The game's official website can be found [[https://battleborn.com/en/ here]]. The game's official reveal trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pgQc17JB0 here.]] The Rendain trailer which spotlights on the eponymous villain can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KMARbTWps here.]] The Multiplayer reveal trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAtCU80llME here.]] The game's story trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYILRya5Dgg here.]] The Battleborn Bootcamp Trailer which gives some in-depth explanation of the game and its playable characters can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aLQNgyeqh8 here.]] The game's launch trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEtV0eGYmAU here.]] The trailer for Attikus and the Thrall Rebellion can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNajixPavFo here.]]

* '''Toby's Friendship Raid''' - coming November 10: It's one thing to try and call Toby "cute." It's another to try and get away with stealing his mechsuit.
* DLC 3 – 5 Story Operations coming in Winter 2016.

* RegeneratingHealth: Due to Eldrid beliefs, the Eldrid Battleborn don't use shields like the other playable characters. They instead are capable of passively regenerating health as well as having a number of characters that specialize greatly in healing.

* RegeneratingHealth: Due to Eldrid beliefs, the Eldrid Battleborn don't use shields like the other playable characters. They instead are capable of passively regenerating health as well as having a number of characters that specialize specifically in healing.

** Replayability is at the heart of the DLC story operations. The main focus in them are the Ops points which can be collected through completing certain objectives and finding the points in certain chests. Collecting Ops points at certain amounts will give out rewards. An operation's difficulty will also scale depending on the amount of Ops points possessed in a number of forms such as enemies becoming harder, new harder objectives appearing, and bosses having new moves to name a few. A max of 100 Ops points can be possessed however only 50 points can be collected in a single playthrough. Replaying is thus encouraged as 5 points is awarded at the start of each subsequent playthrough for each previous successful one. So 5 points will be given at the start of the second playthrough, 10 for the third, 15 for the fourth, and so forth up to 50.
** Among the rewards of the DLC story operations are skins and faction commander packs. Each character has 2 skins, one awarded at 40 and 85 points. For the 40 points skin reward, after completing the operation for at least 8 times, a character merely has to be used to complete the operation once to receive the skin as at least 40 points are given at the start. Faction commander packs are awarded at 60 and 100 points, and are based on which faction the character used to complete an operation playthrough belongs to. For the 60 points pack reward, it can only be obtained once per faction. The 100 points pack reward on the other hand, can always be obtained provided that 100 points are collected at the end of an operation.
** In addition to the Ops point system, the other replayability draw for the DLC story operations is the episode-like story across multiple playthroughs each operation has. Unlike in missions where dialogue is somewhat random per se, the dialogue in operations is constant and changes on each subsequent playthrough run thus painting a storyline of sorts across multiple sessions that reveals lore about characters. This presentation is described by WordOfGod as akin to watching a ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' season of episodes with each individual operation being a season and each individual playthrough run being an episode. With up to 10 "episodes" per operation, it heavily encourages replayability.

** In addition to the Ops point system, the other replayability draw for the DLC story operations is the episode-like story across multiple playthroughs each operation has. Unlike in missions where dialogue is somewhat random per se, the dialogue in operations is constant and changes on each subsequent playthrough run thus painting a storyline of sorts across multiple sessions that reveals lore about characters. This presentation is described by WordOfGod as akin to watching a ''Creator/Netflix'' season of episodes with each individual operation being a season and each individual playthrough run being an episode. With up to 10 "episodes" per operation, it heavily encourages replayability.