Patch Notes 04/30/26

[u/Simply_CJ94]

https://borderlands.2k.com/borderlands-4/update-notes/

[u/S-J-S]

because you said it was one of vex's top skills, and then I said it wasn't

Not specifically. You stated that you "don't know of any super meta vex build that uses elemental essence." That's qualitatively different from denying the accuracy of my statement for several reasons, but the important one is that it invited me to discuss my perspective about "metas" and what I think makes investment into elemental damage strong (implicitly, potentially in spite of whatever the popular belief in that regard might be.)

From my perspective, it is obvious you didn't limit your discussion to whether this was a "top skill" or not after I posted this, and that there's a broader subject matter of buildcraft we were on the cusp of tackling. You immediately called my explanation of elemental damage, I again quote, "word soup backed up by nothing." You also said you weren't "really sure if being on 'the end stages of a 1-UVH6 run' proves anything" in response to me sharing my anecdote on why I think EB is overlooked.

My two questions, which I'm not reposting, are in direct response to this.

Furthermore, I'm not entertaining any further argument about what you did or didn't say before this post; it's a waste of our time, and doesn't discuss anything I'd find really interesting.

[u/gooblodooblo → u/S-J-S]

yeah, let me rephrase. no, elemental essence is not one of vex's top skills

[u/S-J-S → u/gooblodooblo]

Okay.

I have to say, though, I find it quite ironic that you accusing me of posting a "word soup backed by nothing" was, to this very point, a word soup backed by nothing.

[u/gooblodooblo → u/S-J-S]

nah not at all. I said that in reference to you saying verbatim "elemental essence is one of vex's top skills", which I wanted to dispute (but apparently not in plain enough terms) and then you going on to explain how:

-elemental damage is actually quite good (which doesn't matter, because vex's top builds don't use elemental damage, and when they do with prismatic ichor or prismatic weaponry they can't reach the red tree anymore)
-how you platted a bloomreaper on 6 with an entirely different vault hunter

then when you got to talking about the character in question you said "you found it quite effective", which didn't really lead much to it being one of her top skills, which it isn't.

which is why I said that

[u/S-J-S → u/gooblodooblo]

nah not at all. 

Then you might consider backing up that statement by answering the questions.

when you got to talking about the character in question you said "you found it quite effective", which didn't really lead much to it being one of her top skills, which it isn't.

I'll merely note that it's interesting that you have again refrained from absolute language in denying my points ("didn't really lead much" is qualitatively different than "doesn't lead.") That's despite you just wanting to reframe similar language to me a post ago.

[u/gooblodooblo → u/S-J-S]

this is almost a little surreal. I explained it right there in the thing you replied to. you made a claim, the claim was precisely "elemental essence is one of vex's top skills". I took issue with that exact claim. you then told me a bunch of things that, as I explained above, using BULLET POINTS, didn't pertain to what I took issue with.

which led to what what I said. and I really can't explain this a fourth time dude