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I have had several of these crashes on my D2 LE Pro (irony!). All have occurred in Trostland. First 2 were within a few minutes of loading the map. One occurred near the finish of a public event (arrrgh!!). The last occurred walking back from a completed mission. They seem very random.

My play has dropped significantly lately because​of the delays caused by the "Some players on this server are barred from cross-play." (Paraphrasing) error. I went from 30 seconds or less waits to 5 minutes or more. Hopefully they sort this out soon.

If it only does what Murray has said it will then it will have lived up to my expectations. Of course, he has made it clear he hasn't shown us everything so it can only get better for me.

Not disputing anyone else's experience but I played several hours over the weekend, covered a lot of ground (day and night), and have only experienced an occasional frame rate drop. The experience has been on par with the rest of the game in terms of technical performance.

@rjejr Ah. That link doesn't work for me. They must be blocking it because I'm in the US. Why would it be more than twice as large in the UK?

@get2sammyb Fair enough, to go from that to hating Borderlands (nevermind, it wasn't in the article, it was in your comment, apologies) seems a bit extreme.

What happened? https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps3/borderlands_2

@rjejr Where are you getting 55gb? Site says 23.1gb.

Genuinely surprised. Not used to such vitriol from Sammy.

I actually thought it was pretty well done. Cheesy? No worse than dozens of other Summer action movie previews I've seen in my life. I'll wager more than a few people unfamiliar with the game think it is a movie trailer.

Glad to see it wasn't just me who noticed this. Seeing a still of it makes it really obvious. Don't want to get into a political debate here but not wanting tens of thousands of people crashing your nation's border can hardly be considered xenophobia.

Disappointing but as ambitious as this game appears to be hopefully it is for the better. They want this game to exist for 10 years so they need to make sure it is solid from the start.

@ShogunRok I completely agree that the developers do a terrible job explaining the game. Even their web site is devoid of useful gameplay information. If you put in the work to make a game why wouldn't you at the absolute very least publish a thorough explanation of game mechanics on your web site?!? Mind boggling.
My main disagreement with the review is that it gives the impression that if you aren't willing to pay you will be forced to extraordinarily grind to advance. It is most certainly a game that requires grinding and gathering but no more than you will find in games charging a premium price (Diablo) or a monthly fee (WoW).

I've been playing since the PS4 release and can say that the game's biggest problem for new players is how poorly it explains critical systems and features. Highly recommend bookmarking one of the wiki sites. Once you get past that learning curve it's actually not a particularly complicated game but is fun if you enjoy loot-and-shoot games.
I disagree with Ramsey's assessment that the game requires an inordinate amount of time/effort if you aren't willing to pay cash. It's no more grindy than, say, Diablo. I'm nowhere near halfway through the solar system and have already built what many seem to consider one of the best warframes, Rhino, because it's blueprints drop off the second boss. And I only decided last week to pursue it. I also have some of the blueprints for 4 other warframes but am not interested in pursuing them at this time.
As F2P systems go this is one of the fairest I've experienced. The only thing in the game that requires real money is color options. Everything else can be obtained through gameplay. Yes, you may have to take down a boss several times to get what you want, just like Diablo, WoW, Borderlands, etc. Fortunately, even a semi-competent team can complete a boss mission in 20 mins or less. Also, the game is very low key about its real money options, never in your face trying to get you to spend.
Note to Ramsey: there is an option that makes melee much less frustrating. Can't remember the name but it makes it so that whatever you are swinging at doesn't have to be directly in your LOS.

One has to wonder if someone at EA is feeling a little uneasy after the announcement of PS4 Day 1 sales.

Here is the press release for more details.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/130909c_e.pdf