Gearbox spills details on Borderlands' Zombie Island DLC

This interview on Game Informers website mentions a level cap and other "demands" made by fans of this game.

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2009/11/12/gearbox-s-pitchford-talks-borderlands-dlc-more.aspx

The only problem I see with raising the level cap would be the need for more skills, which would require a lot of re-balancing. Kiss co-op goodbye with a friend that didn't get the DLC that raised the level cap.

I would like to see the level cap raised as well, but DLC like this that adds content and locations seems like the best route for Borderlands.

I kissed co-op goodbye on the second play through.

I kissed it goodbye after about 5 minutes of split-screen.

@DiggyStyle

If they were so inclined, they could code the game to limit your cap back to 50 if you play co-op with people who don't have the cap increase; or they could make a free title update that raises the cap for everybody.

Either way, I hope they know people want a cap increase. I'm at lvl 42 and I'm feeling the ceiling falling on me.

I feel the same way. With a lvl 50 and a level 47 in the bag, I definitely want more to do with these characters. I still play co-op with 2 buddies through the second and 3rd play through (3rd is just for fun, no quests but lvl 50+ baddies) but we all want a level cap and more quests.

According to the interview, there will be more DLC and a level cap increase seems probable in the future. I love this game and the 2 friends I play with will buy the future DLC so scaling won't be an issue for us. I played almost exclusively co-op since that is my favorite way to play. The Zombie DLC is a no-brainer for us and I look forward to it.

I ripped through MW2 single player and, I know I am in the minority here but I have no interest in playing multi-player and I don't have much interest in any other games coming out until Mass Effect 2 in January. I just hope I can squeeze in a few more playthroughs of Borderlands and if I get bored, there is always Torchlight and my back catalog of console games I haven't 100% finished yet.

Yeah, this is going to go on all day it looks like no matter what the post is.

God help us all.

I think the kitsch that Borderlands offers up couldn't be done any better using something else. Zombies for the sake of zombies is what it is. I'd bet good money they know zombies are way overplayed these days -- and that's why they went with it.

There are already mutants in the regular game. Midget Psycho Mutants no less...

Dear Joystiq, next time you try to hold a contest saying for people to be bad when commenting on certain articles, even though people tend to not read through entire aritcles and rely on the first paragraph or so, think twice about it, please?

Back on topic, I'm happy enemies at least scale to level. I'm level 50 and I was worried that it would cap at 30 or something.

have you leveled up your weapons completely?

Yeah considering every game ends DLC then busts out with a super cheap GOTY edition with all content for a fraction of the price.

You have to wait like an extra week... That's not being "shat on".

Free on PC?

I really enjoy this game - the RPG elements involve equipment, you have 4 gun slots that open up, and then shield, mod and grenade, and talent trees. Fallout meets Diablo, i have heard said. The art style you get used to pretty quickly (at least, i did).