#12

And this is why I stopped caring about the Golden Keys barely a week into the game. They put out these idiotically timed keys and then you go use one and end up getting a bunch of crap grenade mods or eridian artifacts that you vendor.

Back in BL2, I liked using Golden Keys as a way to bridge the gap between ending normal mode and starting TVHM mode. Going into TVHM mode and dropping a few keys would get me some higher leveled weapons and shields that would help offset the increased difficulty between the modes. But with the way weapons and gear are designed in BL3 and with normal difficulty Mayhem modes dropping gear that makes TVHM laughably easy, I have no real reason to use the golden keys.

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#13

The second one you posted is the one i mentioned that was exacted from shift and was to expire nearly three hours ago yet as of 43m ago @dgShiftCodes, a twitter account, restated that it will be legitimate for ANOTHER 8 hours. (so hop on it people. Quite fortunate that this has happened. Probably becuase of all out griping, lol.) Yet Orcz is also stating the same 7.5 hours for it as before. The websites get their codes from where?.. Right… In addition, you failed my request…
This entire thread has been how it is not worth it any more to even wait for them or redeem them at all… My particular statement in this is that I dont like Randy Pitchford doling them out.
I find mself in agreement with captiosus77 with the rest. Any more there is “No real reason…”

Edit: Just visited that Mentalmars site. I much like it and will be monitoring it for codes, as well. Thank you for that.

#14

The consquence…I ll just miss out on Golden Keys and not bother with them in the first place. Wasted coding content right there Gearbox. Golden keys in BL2 were a nice and reliable way to up your outdated weapons, not always got what you wanted but it was always purple so you knew what you get for a key and that made you “want” them too.

BL3 I wasnt even aware how to get them in the first place. When I figured out how I learned that they have these ridiculous lifespans (lol…really?) and often resulted in highly randomized results as well…why bother?

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#15

New SHiFT code out:

WZWTB-K5XS3-SW3CW-JTB3B-KZJH5

Expires 21 Oct 10:00pm CST

Thanks to @dgShiftCodes (Twitter account)

#16

out of the last 5-6 limited times codes i have missed all but one.

unless you are a new account, starting a fresh player, the codes really don’t matter.
golden key chest helps to update gear at various levels on first time play thru.

#17

I made this case that it is more for Randy’s own sense of ego more than it is anything to do with the community interaction and got my post deleted by a mod.

The man has issues, I will not add to his twitter following because he wants the attention.

I would like a golden key if this is not too much to ask, but because I don’t use twitter and I am not American I am out of luck I guess. Not like theres a whole VIP program they could email out keys for, but no, it wouldn’t give Randy the same warm fuzzies knowing we don’t care what his latest string of lies are on twitter.

This game goes out of its way to show you social media wanna be stars (Randy) are generally not nice behind the scenes, shows you social media is vacuous and venomous and yet through the VIP program makes you subscribe to every social media outlet for their crap.

Don’t mind the data mining, become a SUPERFAN!!

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#18

They’re few times I woke up seeing a new code posted on Borderlands Discord server where the timer obviously expired but somehow I manage to use those and it worked for me. Not sure if the timers are false or what and I never use Twitter to follow.

I rely on Discord to notify me only for when new codes comes and not for the server chat. It never failed me with shift codes… yet. I do think something should be done about it or at least increase the chances for annointed legendaries but I feel that’s too much wishing since I saw a video of someone obtaining 100 Golden Keys by doing the offline mail trick.

Off topic but I’m getting really tired how offline seem superior in everything. Even exploits to get infinite Golden Keys which I’m not gonna do

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#19

I wouldn’t worry too much, the gear that comes out of the golden key chest is rubbish anyway. You can find much better gear just in general play. You could go hunt the Zero and Hammerlock Hunt critters or just farm a boss. You’ll get better gear in one attempt on any of those.

I had 7 or 8 keys all up and decided to leave the chest alone until I hit level 40 but all I got out of it was some pretty ordinary blues and purples. None of which were upgrades to my current gear.

If you ask me the golden keys are a waste of time.

#20

I would like to thank you for posting this code. I was finally able to obtain one of these keys. It came to mind that this would be a good experiment. After obtaining the key from my mail i decided to use it right away instead of keeping it for some future date. I assume everything in the chest is epic or legendary. Alas, I didn’t get a legendary. I did get a lot of epics though. I obtained four shields, two grenades, and two class mods. All of these where my level but with the stats I decided to stick with some of the blues I have been using as they were better. It saddened me that out of eight items none where even worth noting on here. I would like to thank you again for posting the code, Thank you.

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#21

Your welcome and thank you very much for that. I will continue to try and post relevant codes when ever possible.
Am sorry to hear that nothing of any real consequence came from them and more so that they weren’t any better than items that you already possessed.
Again, I’d like to thank you, and wish you Luck in the future.

#23

SHiFT Code:

1 Golden Key

CZWJJ - X6XHJ - 9CJC5 - JTT3J - WZ6WC

Expires: 28 Oct 10am CST

Thanks to Twitter Account @dgSHiFTCodes

#24

SHiFT Code:

4 Halloween Heads

K9W3T - BJZ59 - B9SHB - 6B3JT - T9CFF

Unknown expiration date.
Thanks to twitter account @dgSHiFTCodes

#25

It expires November 5th at 12am PT. They mentioned it in their update in the forum’s news section. So I am not sure why they forgot to mention it on twitter.

#26

This is absolute ■■■■■■■■. I don’t use twitter so I miss all of the shift codes. I don’t even have a phone and the only way I hear about new codes is to check the online lists every hour or so. By the time the new ones are up there they have already expired. What the ■■■■ is up with that

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#27

You have a device that can play the game, therefore you have access to twitter. Make a twitter with fake details? I don’t see the point of this thread.

#28

The reality of many companies now is to reach a broader audience in fans. You can be stuck in the “before” time and not be a modern socialite. But you don’t really need a Twitter account to access things. All you would have to do is keep an eye out for the 3 sources. That being the Official Borderlands 3, Official Gearbox, or the man himself Crazy Ear- I mean Randy Pitchford who tweets out the codes to be redeemed when they put them out.

It is a convenient way to send out a message you many people at a given time.

As for the limited time? My guess is because it’s like a coupon. You have a limited time to redeem it or else it expires. So take advantage of that deal and get yourself some golden keys. Or watch the show to get codes there too. Just have to keep an eye out for them.

#29

I’ll never watch a “show” again waiting for a code…
Gearbox tweeted “make sure to watch twitch rivals we will be giving out a code for golden keys during the show”
Long story short… I wasted my time signing up to Twitch and watching over 2 hours of the most mind numbing thing EVER.
And they NEVER gave out a code…
And a coupon at least lasts a week…
Key codes expire like mission impossible instructions… This code will self destruct in. 5…4…3…2…1

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#30

There is now a pinned topic in general discussion for key codes. It is a comunity effort up to date list. Just watch the topic abd you will be nottified of new codes

#31

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#32

Honestly, youre not missing anything. I had golden keys on day 2 and have used maybe 10 since then and I am still sitting on 5. So far I havent gotten 1 thing out of the box worth keeping. The eridium gun maker makes better weapons. The shields have all been 1-2k lower then the 1 I was currently wearing. Mods even more worthless and artifacts that were subpar at best. The time wasted finding key codes and entering them ends up not worth it.
Golden keys in BL2 were alot different then in BL3. Ive stopped caring about gold keys completely. The loot isnt even worth all that much.