Here is an example of how this is impacting our enjoyment of the game.
Last night we had an hour to kill and would have liked to play Battleborn but my wife and I decided that there was probably no chance we could complete a mission so we didn’t bother even trying.
This morning I am waiting for someone to arrive and have about 30 minutes. Again, I would love to play but there is zero chance I could complete anything.
So I dont play.
I’m with a lot of you on this. I bought this game because I was a Borderlands-aholic. I am disappointed with the lack of save points in solo mode. I am in my 50’s, and probably take things slower than other younger people.
It took me four attempt’s to beat the henchmen yesterday, and I was rewarded with no save point and a lot more mission. I was thinking I missed something. You can’t simply log on for 45 minutes and then go out to dinner? Frustrating.
This isn’t Dark Souls is it?
The thing is, s Gearbox taking any notice of this? I have a number of games on the go from Battlefront to Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Far cry primal, Assassins Creed Syndicate, Hitman and the Division, i have a lot of hours in each of these games but due to the glut of new games coming out i try to make time for each of them [i’m pretty lucky my wife don’t mind me playing 80hrs + a week [and yes do work], what i’m trying to say is there have been a few new release in the past few months that require some time to complete, Witcher and Fallout for example, we have doom and Homefront coming out in the next few weeks which means, for myself at least i want to be able to come and go in a [single player] game without losing all the progress i have already made in the current mission. Battleborn does not allow this, so since getting it and finishing the first mission i have put it on the back burner to be played once the glut of new games drys up and my current games have been completed.
I really like and enjoy Battleborn and the gaming experience so far has been great except for this one problem, Unless Gearbox takes note and does something about it i cannot see me going back to this game for at least a few months.
My wife and I have the borderlands series, loved them both, have tales from the borderlands on PC, love the franchise. When battleborn was due to be released, we couldn’t wait, as we had completed both borderlands and went back and played again in true vault hunter mode. Purchased the game with the season pass in digital download, like the game play, hate the fact that you can’t pause or save the game. I’m a retired military test pilot, only 49 years old, so not old by any means, my wife is retired as well. We are casual gamers, we have a life outside of gaming, this is absolutely ridiculous. I can’t not believe that the executives at gearbox said, “Hey, let’s create a game that has only a grind model. Let’s alienate so many fans of our previously, wildly successful, game franchise, by making it unrealistically difficult to enjoy, unless you are of a certain mindset.” When you create something that can only be played on a server, even though you are playing a local game, limited lives, in a single sitting, forget going to the bathroom, forget getting a drink, forget taking a telephone call, forget having any kind of a life outside the playing of this game. I just find it unbelievable. I wish that I hadn’t purchased the digital download version, with the season pass, I’d return it and get store credit toward another game. We were looking forward to the next borderlands release, if it follows the same game model, I won’t purchase it. As it stands, my wife and I will no longer play battleborn, ever, unless an update is released addressing these problems, and, unfortunately it will be my last gearbox game, it’s a shame.
I know what you mean. I’ve got the wife and kids package so having timed servers and no save points can be a nightmare when real life responsibility comes a’knocking. I understand why they chose to create the game that way but it does alienate a large crowd who just don’t have the time to practically ignore everything and everyone around them for up to an hour at a time. On the plus side, we are getting a BL3 soon! Just hope that doesn’t become an always online game too
Wow, I thought it was just me. I’m playing the story missions solo first and the first mission took me 3 tries. No save points is annoying as I too ran out of time the 2nd try at it. I’m just glad that at least there is a progression level for the character we’re using and to unlock other characters. FYI, through the first 2 missions I’m a staging 53 minutes each. I feel like I’m rushing theiugh then at this rate. I dont know if this makes me a bad player or what, but I like to explore and feel the game won’t let me.
Timed out the first time I got to the final boss in the first story mission. Sure took the air out of feeling good about even making it that far.
At least one or two save points in each story mission would help a lot. Pretty harsh penalty to have to do the whole story mission again after failing 50-80 minutes into it.
I completely agree with everyone. I like the game but I have no desire to load up knowing I’ll be glued to my seat for 1 or 2 hours. Plus if I’m trying to get legendary loot from a particular boss and it doesn’t drop, then I’ve wasted a whole hour. At least legendaries in Borderlands could be farmed within minutes. I really want to enjoy the game but it looks like my level 5 Marquis will not see the light of the screen for a while.
I’ve been ignoring the game for that very reason. I think I’ve gotten Mike Oscar to level 7 but with the way the game plays I can’t sit down for the 45-60 minutes it takes for a mission to only have an error pop up, like last week on missions 3, or such that the game times out. I haven’t figured that one out yet either. Since when do missions time out?
Yeah, this seriously reduces how much we play this game.
This is a daily comment in our household:
“I want to play Battleborn but I dont think we have time to finish a mission”.
Basically we play about once a week - only when we can guarantee an hour or two uninterrupted (which is very rare).
Wish they could do a software upgrade to fix this. I’m recovering from a stem cell transplant and tire easily. I was looking forward to playing this in my recovery but not its just exhausting without being able to save my progress. Maybe I’ll just keep replying the old Borderlands for now.
This is extremely disappointing. We, my wife and I, have the same story. First it took three hours to figure out how to start the game because of the stupid mandatory prologue - that must be completed by each person??? - would have been nice to have had instructions in the game for learning how to start the private co-op…IT is sooooo lame we have to watch the prologue from the beginning over and over. Then we can’t save? We can’t pause? And let’s talk about the idiot who decided to make the maps take over a third of our TV screen while already in split screen for co-op??? WE CAN"T EVEN READ THE SKILL TREE without walking up to the TV while we are trying to play - and yes on a TIME LIMIT??? Oh thanks for telling us we have a time limit - didn’t figure that out until we spent three hours trying to complete the first mission. This game is the biggest let down. Borderlands trained us to expect certain things that should be a given - saves, pauses, no time limits, instructions, user-friendlies. Sorry we got excited gearbox. Shame on you. You put out the game before actually finishing it and fixing the glitches. The only thing I am grateful for is the fact we bought it used and can return it. Gearbox just gave us a game that has potential for fun, yet just pisses everyone off.
Well, your complaints about split screen are understandable, but it’s not like GBX were hiding anything about the nature of the game from you or anyone else. Assuming you didn’t play the open beta, a quick Google search prior to your purchase would saved you the drama of being disappointed with the game. Blaming GBX because you, the consumer, did not research the product before purchasing is just unwarranted. You can’t blame them for the game not being what you expected or wanted it to be 
The missions are 20-50 mins long. There is no need for a save spot. There is no point if you can only get on a game and play for 10 mins,
This is very frustrating… I know your pain
and the game times out so quickly… are they expecting all players to be top top players, to complete missions and explore the stages in the allotted time? My enjoyment for this game is diminishing… too many bugs and server issues from day one. I think the next game they are releasing I will not rush to get.
We have basically stopped playing Battleborn.
It is just not fun for casual gamers (and the responses of many people here reinforce that with their condescending and smug treatment of our opinions).
A person shouldn’t have to do extensive research to play a game.
“For every kind of bad ass” indeed.
But I did. I am still let down and giving up.
I read forums. I watched trailers and gameplay videos. I played in the open beta (and assumed things like no save progress was due to the nature of the beta).
I even sent Gearbox/2K this question:
Hello,
We are long time Borderlands fans (all of them). My family has played through those games in a 2 or 3 person co-op fashion.
There have never been better family games made…
I was super excited to see you were making Battleborn - and I actually went and bought a new XBox One to be ready for Battleborn.
But now I am reading the details on your CTT and it looks like Batleborn is almost completely focused on team competitive play.
Is there going to be co-op story play like there was in the Borderlands games?
That actually got a response! Here was the response:
Hi John,
Thank you for contacting 2K support and glad to hear you’re super excited about playing Battleborn!
I understand that you want to know if there’s a story mode co-op gameplay like Borderlands since some might not be interested in competitive play. The good news is yes, there is in fact. You can play with 2 people locally (split screen) in co-op story mode and up to 5 players online (or a mix of the two, 2 locally and 3 online for example). Hope that answers your question!
Should you have any other questions or concerns don’t hesitate to contact us again.
Kind regards,
Sxxxxxxx R
2K Support
Nice of them to reply! What they didn’t explain in that response is:
Yes, there is a co-op story mode - that only has 8 overly repetitive missions, they are all timed, have no save points, and no cohesive story or replay value. I hope you like “defend your base” type missions!
Not everyone is as good or as fast as you. Sorry we can’t keep up.
@dyermichelle007
The dedicated server lasts for 120 minutes, I wouldn’t really call that timing out quickly
I wasn’t referring to server time put but rather inactivity time out.
Oh ok, if you’re solo you can pause the game tho no? And then you’d only have to worry about the 120 minute timer, so when real life happens you should be able to put the game down for a bit if need be