Are you doing this like me? I'm purposely just doing settlement, railroad, bos radiants and just collecting the unique quests in my log on my 2nd playthrough so I have reason to continue after level 50. I'm building up settlements and haven't progressed the MQ past Save Nick quest. My first playthrough showed me if you do all the quests and MQ quickly, once you finish them it gets really boring afterwards. i'm enjoying the game far more, the encounters seem far more interesting on the map too.