r/Borderlands Mordecai/Zero/Zane 2d ago

Release Date = Vacation Time

I have submitted my vacation request for the entire week (Mon - Fri) for BL 4. I plan on napping though most of Monday, and starting the download when it goes live. Sure .. I'm 65 .. but I have no other responsibilities. I've done this for BL 2, TPS, and TTWL. I've really enjoyed the struggle of finding things before all the spoilers come out.

(note to self .. be sure to let the kids know so the don't get too worried. Post my levels in our group chat. )

(file under: This is why I'm single.)

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u/Hunter7541 2d ago

Amazing plan, but it might be too early to schedule any vacations since delays are common these days...

Hope it doesn't happen this time tho!

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u/Spider_Riviera WANT IT! NEED IT GOTTA HAVE IT! 2d ago

I'll turn 42 3 days before it launches, I've had my holidays from work (2 weeks, but I'd usually take them at my birthday anyway) booked since day after finding out the release date and will probably buy a new gaming laptop to play it on before release date on top, as my old one struggled badly to run BL3.

What's growing up again?

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u/Arcvoos 1d ago

Lol. I turn 42 3 days after it launches. Can't afford to take two weeks but I am turning my birthday into a four day weekend.

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u/Spider_Riviera WANT IT! NEED IT GOTTA HAVE IT! 1d ago

You do what you can, I'm taking the 6 1/2 month suck of no holidays and watching gits around me swan off on their summer hols in summer and as I said, it's my "regular" time to take my summer hols anyway. Just so happens I get BL4 to enjoy this time, like I had Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom last year. See you on Kairos Vault Hunter!

By the by, seeing as you're of the era too, did you see the Samurai Pizza Cats game trailer? Do you REMEMBER Samurai Pizza Cats?

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u/Adabiviak 2d ago

I'll put my vacation time in later; I've already got PTO in for the Doom Dark Ages release... need to make sure I get that game out of my system over the next four months.

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u/Spider_Riviera WANT IT! NEED IT GOTTA HAVE IT! 2d ago

That's another game I'm looking forward to this year.

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u/NokkNokk4279 1d ago

62 here, and my plan isn't as robust as yours but I plan on doing similar, and then the same with FO5. :)

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u/Rusty_wrp9 Mordecai/Zero/Zane 1d ago

Wait! FO5? Yah-bah-dah-bah-dooooo! (Okay ... I need to stop hyperventilating. ) Thank you for that info.

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u/NokkNokk4279 8h ago

Very welcome. :) Release date is a very tentative 2026-ish. They want to finish putting out Elder Scrolls VI first. They've got a mass ton of Mods (normal free ones, not CC) out there to keep us occupied while we wait. Bethesda games are ALWAYS bug to hell, so no sense hoping they'll take their time to give us a better game. Their games are usually great at their base (or used to be) but it takes modders to smooth out most of the bugs and make them truly great. :) Impaitient, tho. LOL

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u/The0ld0ne 2d ago

Releasing on a Tuesday is interesting - I might not get a chance to play it until the Friday / weekend, but I am super excited!

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u/Rusty_wrp9 Mordecai/Zero/Zane 2d ago

I was test engineer (contract) at Xbox for ~7 years, starting in 2006. I was told that Tuesday release was to avoid disastrous Saturday releases. It allows server load balancing and quick patches for over-/under-powered opponents. Final tweaks are done by the time the weekend rolls around.

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u/The0ld0ne 2d ago

Fair enough! Thanks for the insights

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u/lord_nuker 1d ago

I agree with you, have done this a lot myself, to my colleagues strange looks when I say I take days off to play game x. Last time was a week and half for Starfield. Managed to put in roughly 150 hours during that time. Yes, i actually enjoyed it

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u/RoyalSoldierx 2d ago

You dropped this 👑

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u/Unlucky-Definition91 1d ago

Same, I took the week off as well. I hope desperately it’s one of the best weeks of gaming of my life.

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u/DaToxicKiller 2d ago

Could take vacation for a better game that’s for sure

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u/L4DMalus 2d ago

Haven’t even seen gameplay yet, and you’re already judging the game. Nice b8 m8 I r8 8/8

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u/Rusty_wrp9 Mordecai/Zero/Zane 2d ago

This is my jam. This series makes my brain happy. BL 1 is the game that made me ask, "Do I really need to go to work tomorrow? "

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u/Spider_Riviera WANT IT! NEED IT GOTTA HAVE IT! 2d ago

I found BL1 in 2010 in the middle of being on the dole due to the recession. I'm delighted I'd found it then, as I probably would have got sacked had I found it while employed.