Why Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is Adding a DLC Class, But Borderlands 3 Didn't
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands recently announced that its fourth Mirror of Mystery would be accompanied by a new class, called the Blightcaller. Not much has been confirmed about this class yet, except that it is a Shaman-like class that uses spirits and summons storms to hit foes with poison and elemental damage. In short, it’s pretty much what someone would expect from a Blighter-styled Druid in Dungeons and Dragons.
However, this announcement may surprise some fans of the franchise. After all, the last entry to add a new class as DLC was Borderlands 2, which introduced Gaige the Mechromancer and Krieg the Psycho. These two characters were so popular that they even spearheaded their own Borderlands 3 DLC, but the threequel never added any new DLC characters. However, the explanation as to why Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is getting a new class, but Borderlands 3 never did, makes some sense.
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WhenBorderlands 3developer Gearbox confirmed there would be no DLC classes, fans were understandably upset. Again, Gaige and Krieg are incredibly popular, but their popularity is tied to their existence and character role in the franchise, not their actual class. The first three Borderlands games don’t really separate character from class, but Gearbox data shows that these two Borderlands 2 classes were not popular—even though the characters were.
As explained at the time, the playthrough rate of these new BL2 class additions wasn’t really where it should be. It makes sense too. Instead of starting a brand new game with a brand new character and class, players preferred to stick to their already-established main from Borderlands 2’s launch classes. Some may try out the new
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