Borderlands level cap increases explained, up to 58 for all players

The incoming Borderlands 1.41 update will, finally increase the game's level cap beyond 50. Gearbox explained how it's all going to work overnight.

From the shooter-RPG's forums:

• Level cap increase for all players of 8 levels. That means that all Borderlands players will now be able to achieve a new maximum level of 58.
• Owners of The Secret Armory of General Knoxx can achieve a record setting increase to a maximum level of 69.
• End game players that have completed playthrough 2 will see enemies scale to the new levels up to the new level cap. That means that if you’ve completed everything, you can play through the game again and again at a challenging level in order to find better and better loot.
• Item drops (with the exception of COM Decks) will also scale with higher level enemies to the new level cap. That means that this Title Update features the highest level weapons to date!
• Other fixes, including DLC4 Achievement/Trophy glitches that have affected some users and will be corrected to properly award players for obtaining these achievements no matter which order they were completed in.

A cap increase from 50 was promised as far back as January this year.

Thanks, FileFront.