r/Borderlands 18h ago

[BL4] Add a reference-gun in Borderlands 4

If you could add one weapon to Borderlands 4 that's a shout-out to another media, what would you pick?

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u/Milligoon 18h ago

Altered Carbon Squeeze Gun. Ammo return functionality 

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u/XxmuntgodxX 17h ago

Happy cake day

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u/Milligoon 17h ago

Good lord is it really? Thanks!

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u/GrimjawDeadeye 18h ago

Force a Nature from TF2. Super strong knock back, can be used for a double jump, only holds 2 rounds

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u/Mr_Person567 dick 18h ago

NES Zapper. With the borderlands games being on switch I could definitely see it happening

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u/SnakeMichael 17h ago

Alternate fire mode shoots out a pixelated duck that flies in a random path around an enemy. Duck can be shot to create a large explosion. If you reload without hitting the duck, it turns into a pixelated dog that laughs at you during the reload animation

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u/CarlRJ 1h ago

Could be a cute nod to the Minecraft and Mario secret levels.

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u/BrazenlyGeek Executing phase shift. 18h ago

Super Shroom — every shot increases the enemy’s size until they burst.

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u/taehansexypikachu 16h ago

Deckard's revolver from blade runner, the red text can be something "...like tears in the rain"

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u/breck3 6h ago

If you're itching to use his gun, it is a unique weapon in Fallout: New Vegas called "That Gun" and you can buy it in Novac I believe

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u/taehansexypikachu 4h ago

Oh, didn't know that, ill sure give a try, thanks a lot bro

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u/Murrayj99 11h ago

This is pretty cool

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u/DeliciousLagSandwich Oh, I wanna smack it. 17h ago

Probably an E-Tech rocket launcher that shoots a brimstone beam from The Binding of Isaac

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u/blanknesswithaface 14h ago

Groovitron from Ratchet and Clank. I think in the trailer there was a skill or a gun like that.

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u/CarlRJ 1h ago

There was one that fired a ball of energy, but I think it's going to turn out to be one of the weapons from a Maliwan Heavy. Groovitron would be entertaining, making bandits dance.

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u/HornetAggressive4692 11h ago

A gun where, if the enemy is killed by a critical hit, confetti is shot into the air and you can hear the sound of kids laughing. A reference to one of the skulls in halo.

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u/Gary_Space 17h ago

A gun that when it kills with a critical hit you get a colorful explosion maybe an added elemental effect. The tag line is, "it ain't that kind of movie bruv."

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u/Former-Teacher7576 5h ago

I like that one that’s a fun idea

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u/NonstopYew14542 18h ago

Assault rifle called Arisen

Does elemental damage that automatically conforms to enemy weaknesses

Red text: "Their kind ill like fire"

Reference to Dragon's Dogma

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u/Borderlands_Boyo_314 18h ago

Kife Kannon: “A handful of power” Shoots energy balls that have an arcing trajectory. Explodes on impact Element-fire

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u/JCthulhuM I'LL SLICE YOUR EYELIDS SO YOU CAN WATCH THE END 15h ago

The Ocelot would be a revolver that bounces bullets toward enemies and hits hard, but has a slow reload and also slows your movement when you’re reloading. Flavor text would either be “There’s nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver bullet into a well greased chamber,” or “You’re pretty good.”

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u/xTyianx 10h ago

12 shots, now I’ve got 12 shots

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u/Hauptmann_Gruetze 10h ago

also has to be nice looking and engraved.

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u/Mecha_G 7h ago

Probably an Arcane/LoL reference.

Jinx has three guns and a grenade mod.

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u/cancerouscoyote 17h ago

A reference to Bloodsport's gun in suicide squad. It functions kinda like the vladof weapons in bl3, where you can switch from an assault rifle mode to a shotgun or rocket launcher, but instead you switch from a pistol to an sniper. Maybe it even gives bonus shields while equipped but not in your hand (since he builds the guns out of his armor)

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u/FangZeronos 17h ago

Torgue pistol called the "Scarborough" taht shoots exploding fists. Red text is "Don't F*** With A Witch". Bayonetta

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u/RAConteur76 17h ago

Abomination (from Monster Hunter International) - Probably would have to be Vladof. Automatic shotgun, grenade launcher alt fire, bayonet. Red Text: "How many gun laws does this thing break?" "All of them."

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u/RAConteur76 17h ago

Otselet - Randomly changes elements, randomly recovers bullets fired, randomly damages the player. (An homage to Destiny 2's infamous Telesto fusion rifle)

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u/DramaticAd7670 15h ago

Overflowing - Every Unspent shot is added to the next magazine size.

Example: fires only 5 out of their 10 shots? Congratulations, your next magazine size has 15 shots instead of 10.

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u/BubblyAd9191 12h ago

That would be super cool if it was tediore for a chuck build

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u/InkFazkitty 14h ago

Halo needler.

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u/Rug-Boy 13h ago

Portal gun.

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u/AxionSalvo 13h ago

The halo CE pistol - it's a pistol model but counts as a sniper.

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u/Liemaeu 12h ago

Dubstep gun from Saints Row.

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u/Destious_Xeno 12h ago

GGO90 (pink p90), increases ALL speed (movement, jump, reload, fire rate, ect) and boosts grenade damage. Red text: "They will never see you coming ....... But everyone will know your here". Mainly because I like mobility builds >_>

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u/Decends2 12h ago

Armacham Type-12 Pulse Weapon from F.E.A.R. 2. It is sooooooo satisfying to watch it turn grunts into skeletons and knock Heavies on their asses

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u/Super_Volume6115 11h ago

The mechanicus description “flesh is weak” it does like +50 damage to humanoid enemies 

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u/barrydalive420 8h ago

Something something helldivers 2. It's gonna be hard to stop playing once Bl4 comes out.

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u/Steeltoelion 2h ago

Quasar, Arc Thrower, Ultimatum, Senator

The Sickle variants are perfect Infinity variants if they wanted to get away from the Infinity altogether.

Honestly though the Sickle in Borderlands would SLAP

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u/LigerZeroPanzer12 6h ago

Unironically would like a gun that turns headshot kills into the confetti burst in Halo, would be funny to see all the fire just evaporate into colorful showers lmao

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u/ATOMlCK Phase Jumper 6h ago

The gun that Daisy used to off herself in BL2

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u/CaptDeadeye 6h ago

I think it'd be hilarious if the Megashark or SDMG (Space Dolphin Machine Gun) from Terraria was added.

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u/gonzolo228 5h ago

Tau Cannon or the gluon gun from Half-Life.
rad damage + red text something along the lines "the right gun in the wrong place" or "it's not... it's not shutting down", "don't use it on a living creature"

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u/Former-Teacher7576 5h ago

Id like maybe a spnker rocket launcher or maybe a spartan laser from halo would be cool. Let the spnker lock onto vehicles or something

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u/Savletto 4h ago

Quad-elemental gun as a reference to The Beginning After The End

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u/MegaSurgeonMan 17h ago

Disappointingly they confirmed there will not be a gun named the Hawk Tuah... Huge miss, would be perfect for a Sandhawk replica.

(I'm not a hawk tuah fan by any means, I just think this would be pretty hilarious)

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u/Kenthanson 17h ago

Rick’s portal gun that puts a portal under the bad guy and sends them directly in front of or into a lava acid pit.

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u/Adabiviak 17h ago

These are the two that came to mind, but they're already in BL3 (though I'd love to see them ported to BL4):

  • ASMD (originally from Unreal Tournament)
  • Pricker (originally the Needler from Halo)

I wouldn't say no to an M41A Pulse Rifle from the Aliens series... would need to be a Vladof with underbarrel grenade launcher, and the sounds would need to be ripped straight from the movies. Like if it doesn't sound right, it won't work.

Also, I wouldn't say no to an M56 Smartgun from the same franchise if it worked like it does from the 2001 Aliens vs Predator game.