Gearbox pushes it to 11 - New Level Cap in Borderlands 2

Today during a panel at PAX East the developers announced that there are some new things coming to Borderlands 2.  The first is a new Vault Hunter named Krieg.  Krieg is a Pycho Bandit class character that builds on the mechromancer skill tree in that you get damage bonuses for doing damage and becomes exceptionally powerful in fight for your life.  Krieg will be a free download for season pass holders and cost 5 bux for everyone else.

The next announcement is around the new level cap increase that brings more skill points and 11 more levels.  To make this work they are giving people who have reached level 50 a third play thru called the Ultimate Vault Hunter mode and from there you can work your way up to level 61.  Along with the level cap increase they are also bringing back Pearlescent weapons and will become the new rarest weapons in the game.  The level cap increase goes into effect April 2 and will be available for everyone.

They ended the panel with an announcement for the new DLC which is being fully developed in house at Gearbox and should be coming out sometime in May.  There is no word on what the DLC will be about however it seems to be game based on something called Bunkers and Badasses.  Rumor is this will be the largest of the DLC packages and might rival the game in story depth and mayhem.

Should be fun and might bring players back who are bored with farming.