1.character design in destiny is bland to say the most, in Borderlands each character is unique with different backgrounds player character and NPC alike. 2. 6 Differnt PC with completley different skill trees to either be a tank, support or both in team combat. 3. yeah the graphics and story were alittle bland in the first one, but massively thought upon in the second(havent played the presequal yet). Thought they are both loot and shoot, destiny lacking much of the loot after shooting. The games are both unique in there own. Destiny has only been out about a month so i cant compare it to the year and a half i spent grinding the borderlands. 2. RNG while still random actually had a mathematical equation to its drops.