After almost 2 months if waiting, I can play again! Finally!

exactly! its been quite awhile but i am happy (and aomewhat hesitant) to see how the patch actually works

It works great man, smooth so far

Yeah so far i'm happy with the patch. Played for about 4 hours straight today no crashes and load times didn't slowly get worse. I also was able to load my 2 saved files that were corrupt!

That was a really nice surprise, I'm glad they were able to fix that

The patch works great for me too, although admittedly I never had much of a problem to begin with. My companions still run off on their own despite being passive but, you know what? Heck with it. It's hilarious to watch Boone and ED-E go on a Fiend slaughtering spree, especially when Boone decides to pull out the machete and "take out the trash". Plus I don't think it's a bug, anyway. I'm kind of curious about the "companions marked on the local map" though, seems kind of pointless, albeit kind of neat.

On a side note... anyone here besides me find ED-E kind of frightening now once you get the upgraded weapon since they changed it?