Borderlands Online Play Suffering from Bugs

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Gearbox is working on a fix for players who've lost all their weapon proficiencies and skill points during online matches.

Despite all the positive buzz surrounding the game, Borderlands is in danger of becoming yet another great game whose launch is tainted by broken online play. A few unlucky players (on all three platforms) have encountered a game-crippling bug that strips them of their characters' progress when playing multiplayer.

Multiple threads on the official Gearbox forums point out that skill points and weapon proficiencies are sometimes reset to zero when players join or leave a match. And while the proficiencies should theoretically be recoverable over time, the skill points are apparently lost permanently -- forever erasing characters' action skills and any advanced abilities they've acquired.

The bug is currently listed in Gearbox' known issues thread, and a Gearbox employee responded to one of the numerous tech support threads with the following:

"Your report has been heard and we're working on it. Unfortunately there isn't a fix just yet, but when one is available we hope to be able to repair as much of your character data as possible."

We'll be keeping an eye out for any forthcoming patch announcements for Borderlands. Until then, play online at your own risk.

Source: 1UP.com