Thread: So where is 5.45???

Originally Posted by Espritduo

So you know the exact date of 5.41 then? There's a world of difference between having a general idea you can't do anything with ("sometime in January") and an exact date that is required for scheduling time off, which is something SE never gives us until it is too late to matter.

And uh, yeah I DO expect that in a pandemic situation that has become business as usual over the course of a year of dealing with it. SE knows when the patch is coming but they just aren't saying due to "reasons".

They can't give exact dates far in advance because they don't know what unforeseen circumstances are going to interrupt their development schedule.

Players are going to get angry if they don't mention a date until almost the last minute. Players are going to get even angrier if they mention a date then don't deliver. They're better off staying silent until they're able to set a firm date.

Once we got 5.4's release date, Jan 12th became a reasonable guess based on their past release schedule though I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be the 19th since we usually get about 10 days warning and nothing was said yesterday.

5.45 will likely be Feb 16th or 23rd (I'm leaning toward the 23rd).

Work and leisure inevitably are going to come into conflict if you're relying on a schedule outside of your control. We're adults, we learn to accept it happens.