History YMMV / Borderlands3

** Torgue weapons often have the alternate firing mode to shoot sticky bombs that explode shortly after they reach their target. Not only does this firing mode have damage bonuses that can stack, they also travel much faster, making these weapons stand a chance against distant enemies.
** The Vladof spingun has been replaced with attachments such as rocket launchers, bipods, tasers, and shotgun barrels for different means of attacks. No longer will people have to wait to fire!

** Mayhem Mode had a modifier that granted enemies up to a 30% chance to reflect any bullets you shoot at them. Every other modifier has some sort of counterplay to it, but this one invalidated over 90% of the game's guns - the only ones it dosn't affect were the rocket launchers (which don't exactly use common ammo) and specific legendaries, which are obviously not easy to find. If you simply tried to tough it out, you'd quickly find yourself shredding your own health faster than anything else can. The game was generally agreed upon to be completely unplayable with it active, and that the best thing to do if you got it was to [[SaveScumming just reload the game]]. This modifier was toned down to a maximum 5% chance during the 10th Anniversary event in October 2019, and removed completely when Mayhem 2.0 was released.

** The Circles of Slaughter are even more relentless this time around for one simple reason: You ''have to complete all rounds in one go''. Unlike the previous game, the Circle of Slaughter missions are condensed into one per variant, which helps reduce the amount of missions cluttering the log, and you can still return to the entrance to stock up on supplies, but it also means ''leaving the zone in any capacity forfeits the mission''. At least dying only resets to the start of the round like normal, but woe be to those who want to take a break to do something else.

** The [[spoiler:Nekrodtafayo wildlife, but ''ESPECIALLY'' the guardians]] seem to be designed by someone who had only one goal and that is to be annoying. Fast-moving enemies that constantly run around and flank you, some even ''floating'' and running out of your way. (Meaning if you're a sniper, good luck, they do ''not'' like to hold still) Sure, you can wreck their health with electric weapons, but sometimes if you don't kill them fast enough they will ''heal'' an gain a second bar of health that is made up of armour or a shield. Absolutely positively annoying. They also spawn in groups of at least three or four, with more on the horizon. The only mercy that they throw at you is that they don't have much in the way of health and most of which are fleshy, even those you ''don't'' wreck with electric weaponry or corrosive. They are also annoying as hell to face as [=FL4K=] because most of them will run out of range of their pet.

** Talk to Lilith [[labelnote:Explanation]]In many instances after completing a main mission, you are tasked to stop what you're doing to go talk to Lilith in person on Sanctuary to get some dialog before you go back to where you were, which is made worse by the fact that her and the Fast Travel point you spawn in are at the opposite end of the ship. Not only that it's considered to be overly done, a pace-killer for the story, and unnecessary in cases where you're already near Lilith for her to talk. The frequency of "Talk to Lilith" as a quest objective has led to jokes about how Lilith just really likes to waste your time.[[/labelnote]]

** While not hated by all, the community specifically for Borderlands 3 particularly hate Tyreen Calypso. From her perpetually smug attitude to her behavior, many players seem to outright loathe every line she makes. Some large name reveiwers such as [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] have demonstrated this in short skits, while the accompanying [=Borderlands 3=] Reddit is full to the brim with complaints against Tyreen. The fandom seems to agree that Handsome Jack was a much better villain, but whether Zarpedon from the Pre-Sequel or Commandant Steele from Borderlands 1 were better just results in shouting matches by those who feel Tyreen was better than them (even if they feel she was still bad). Her brother Troy fares much better, as fans seem to feel he was a possibly much more interesting villain who fell short due to his sister and the plot.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: A DLC example. While not without their critics, the plots and overall writing for the [=DLCs=] have generally been better received than the much polarizing main game's.

** Hyperion weapons no longer starts with such high recoil, which was a death-knell to its sniper rifles, instead having shields that deploy when using sights and having higher sway when aiming compared to other manufacturers. It's safe to say that all Hyperion weapons have benefited from this change.

* ArcFatigue: Eden-6 is home to six main missions in a row. They're all rather long since they basically involve exploring a new whole area for each ones, and said areas do little to stand out from each other and the missions being mostly a series of FetchQuest slowing down the plot. The worst offender is perhaps "Going Rogue" which focus on secondary characters with ReusedCharacterDesign models making it feel more like a side quest (speaking of which, there are ''14'' of these). Even if you like Wainwright and Clay, they're going to feel like they overstayed their welcome near the end of this arc.

* SalvagedStory: A common criticism of ''[[VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' was that the game tried to paint Handsome Jack as a TragicVillain while completely glossing over the fact that [[AbusiveParents he mistreated his daughter Angel]] by keeping her [[PoweredByAForsakenChild strapped on a chair and plugged to a computer for the rest of her life]] so he could use her as a tool of Hyperion. This is finally addressed in the side missions "Childhood's End" which reveals that Jack used to be a loving father and that when Angel developed her Siren powers, she became the target of many people trying to kidnap her; one such accident caused her to use her power to fight back against a bandit and accidentally killing her mother in the process. Jack had since then become [[ProperlyParanoid paranoid]] and [[OverprotectiveDad overprotective]] of his daughter, which led to this decision, which he thought was [[ForYourOwnGood for her own good]].

* SalvagedStory: A common criticism of ''[[VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel The Pre-Sequel]]'' was that the game tried to paint Handsome Jack as a TragicVillain while completely glossing over the fact that [[AbusiveParents he he mistreated his daughter Angel]] by keeping her strapped on a chair and plugged to a computer for the rest of her life so he could use her as a tool of Hyperion. This is finally addressed in the side missions "Childhood's End" which reveals that Jack used to be a loving father and that when Angel developped her Siren powers, she became the target of many people trying to kidnap her; one such accident caused her to use her power to fight back against a bandit and accidentally killing her mother in the process. Jack had since then become paranoid and overprotective of his daughter, which lead to this decision which he thought was [[ForYourOwnGood for her own good]].

* ShippingBedDeath: Wainwright Jakobs and Alistair Hammerlock seem to present an unusual version of this phenomenon. They were already introduced having a healthy relationship, which basically made them dead on arrival to most of the fanbase, reflected in the amount of fancontent and attention they get to [[FanPreferredCouple Fan-Preferred Couples]].

* ShippingBedDeath: Wainwright Jakobs and Alistair Hammerlock seem to present an unusual version of this phenomenon. They were already introduced having a healthy relationship, which basically made them dead on arrival to most of the fanbase, reflected in the amount of fancontent and attention they get to {{FanPreferredCouple}}s.

* ShippingBedDeath: Wainwright Jakobs and Alistair Hammerlock seem to present an unusual version of this phenomenon. They were already introduced having a healthy relationship, which basically made them dead on arrival to most of the fanbase.

* ArcFatigue: Eden-6 is home to six main missions in a row, they're all rather long since they basically involve exploring a new whole area for each ones, and said areas do little to stand out from each other and the missions being mostly a series of FetchQuest slowing down the plot. The worst offender is perhaps "Going Rogue" which focus on secondary characters with ReusedCharacterDesign models making it feel more like a side quest (speaking of which, there are ''14'' of these). Even if you like Wainwright and Clay, they're going to feel like they overstayed their welcome near the end of this arc.

** [[spoiler:Maya's death via the Siren Twins draining her to dust]]. Supporters claim it was an excellent method by which to raise the stakes of the main plot, made more sense than [[spoiler: Roland's death, where Roland is unshielded in place where he should be shielded and Jack has no visible superpowers]]. It also shows more than anything that [[spoiler:despite their silliness, the Calypso Twins are genuine threats that need to be taken seriously]]. Detractors see it as [[spoiler:a cheap rehash of Roland's death from ''2'' with none of the heart and soul of it, and that it happens far too early in the game, everyone has to act like idiots for it to happen, and is [[ForgottenFallenFriend almost immediately swept aside and forgotten about]] outside of easily missable dialogue. It doesn't help that ''Director's Cut'' revealed that this wasn't originally going to be the case, and there was in fact an entire mini-arc dedicated to the fallout of her death and the effect it has on the surviving cast, but this was cut for unknown reasons.]]

* ScrappyWeapon: [[ScrappyWeapon/Borderlands3 now has its own page]].

* EvilIsSexy: Despite being blatant parodies of celebrity culture, Tyreen and Troy are considered attractive by a portion of the fandom:
** Tyreen for being a murderous GenkiGirl with a cute design, including an [[BadassLongCoat awesome]] [[HellbentForLeather leather coat]].
** Troy for managing to be {{Adorkable}} when setting up for streams, showing excitement and hyping his sister up for the show. This coupled with his [[TallDarkAndSnarky tall, tanned physique, emo hair, sarcastic dialogue]], and having more sympathetic moments than his sister (who obviously dislikes him) has easily helped him gain his share of fans.