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Which Borderlands 3 character are you going to play as first? All skill trees are now available. Game is now less than a month away.

Which character do you plan to play as first?

  • Amara - The Siren

  • FL4K - The Beastmaster

  • Moze - The Gunner

  • Zane - The Operative


Results are only viewable after voting.
UPDATE: Borderlands 3 is now less than a week away. Here's a nice video for anyone still undecided on the character they want to play as. It's broken into several sections, which include lore, voice acting, abilities, disadvantages, and co-op benefits.




2nd Update: Now about three days away. Here's a massive character guide from someone who has played over 75 hours so far.





Original thread:




Skill trees have been available for several days now, but I don't think there was a thread about it, and I thought a poll might be fun. As of the creation of this thread, the game is now one month away from being released, and gameplay of all four classes can be found online.


Amara - The Siren

Gifted with powerful Siren abilities, Amara is a renowned champion of the people and bonafide badass. Using her action skills she can Phaseslam the ground to damage nearby enemies and knock them into the air, Phasegrasp enemies in place with a giant ethereal fist, or even Phasecast an astral projection of herself that deals damage to everything in its path.


FL4K - The Beastmaster

FL4K is a wandering robot who always brings one of their three loyal pets into battle to buff stats and attack enemies. Their action skills let them send forth dive-bombing Rakk, teleport Gamma Burst-irradiated pets through rifts, and even Fade Away to temporarily become invisible while moving faster and regenerating health.


Moze - The Gunner

Moze is a battle-hardened former Vladof army soldier who specializes in mechanized combat. She uses an action skill to digistruct and climb into her bipedal tank, Iron Bear, which has hardpoints suitable for mixing, matching, and mounting high-velocity Railguns, rapid-firing Miniguns, semi-automatic Grenade Launchers, flamethrowers, pneumatic fists, and homing rocket launchers.


Zane - The Operative

Born into Pandora's notorious Flynt family, Zane is a semi-retired corporate hitman who always has a gadget up his sleeve. His action skills include a SNTNL drone that flys around and attacks enemies with a machine gun, a deployable Barrier shield, and a Digi-Clone that simultaneously distracts enemies and dishes out damage and which Zane can teleport to switch places with.



So who do you most want to play as, and why? What about most interested to least interested?

For me, that would be Zane > FL4K > Amara > Moze.
 
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Graciaus

Member
I haven't looked at the skill trees and won't until i get the game. But from what little I've watched of the game I'd probably go Moze > Zane > FL4K > Amara.

The siren hasn't looked that interesting so far but I haven't seen much. Could pick Zane first who knows.
 

Fuz

Banned
Zane. Then the siren.

I usually play sniper but I really
REALLY
don't like Fl4k design.
 

Zimmy68

Member
Probably FL4K since Tiny Tina was my favorite from Borderlands 2 and this is pretty close to it. I thought Moze was like it but I don't want to climb into a Mech, I want the Mech to fight with me (which they might do).
 

Kagey K

Banned
I’ll be taking Amara first as I always play Siren first, my friend seems determined he is taking Flak or Moze first as he likes having pets or adds with him.
 
I think I'm going to play whichever Borderlands character apologizes for Gearbox's asshattery towards Matt “SupMatto” Sommers and unbans his YouTube account.

This crap from Gearbox is really turning me off from the game--moreso than the bland/unappealing character design.

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If I had to choose, though, probably Moze or Amara.

Fl4k and Zane look half-assed, though Amara isn't much better. And Moze screams "Hey, let's take Gaige and let the player hop INTO the robot instead"...and that's it for making her different.
 
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JangoRain

Member
I’m having a pretty hard time choosing to be honest. Leaning towards Fl4K for my solo playthrough, Zane or Amara if I play with friends. I’m a borderlands junkie so I’ll probably play them all eventually
 
Zane. Then the siren.

I usually play sniper but I really
REALLY
don't like Fl4k design.

I don't like the "robo hobo" look very much either. I'm hopeful some of his other skins will make him look a lot cooler.

I think I'm going to play whichever Borderlands character apologizes for Gearbox's asshattery towards Matt “SupMatto” Sommers and unbans his YouTube account.

This crap from Gearbox is really turning me off from the game--moreso than the bland/unappealing character design.

I know what you mean, but a lot of people worked on the game who had nothing to do with any of that stupidity. If it really bothers you, then you can always buy a used copy of the game.

If I had to choose, though, probably Moze or Amara.

Fl4k and Zane look half-assed, though Amara isn't much better. And Moze screams "Hey, let's take Gaige and let the player hop INTO the robot instead"...and that's it for making her different.

Yeah, the new cast at first glance don't seem very well designed to me either. Hopefully they end up more likable than they look.
 
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Duallusion

Member
Tough choice but it's not gonna be Moze. I'm more of a sniper or pets/turrets kind of guy, not to mention those two seconds of her climbing into a mech every time might get annoying after a while.
 

NeededSleep

Member
Wanted to play Fl4k. But my friend is dead set to play him. After reading over some skills, Amara had a lot of skills similar to Gaige from bl2. So i might play as her first.
 
And now we're a week away. I've added a character overview video to the original post, for anyone still undecided.

So who are you going to play as and why?
 
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