70 hours in, i cannot get most of the complaints. At all. UPDATED OP#2

FWIW, I don't think Voeld is representative as to how well the rest of the game works. I think Bioware's problem was that they made the next main quest take place on one planet, but then gave you access to a completely seperate planet with no real indication of priority or order, and told you to accomplish one of two gateway tasks, the choice of which could mean you end up gaining the trust of a military contingent then leading a group of that contingent in a rescue, or simply appearing on a planet to meet up with a team without ever really working alongside their forces prior to that. In hindsight, it would have made far more sense to do Voeld first.

As much as a I like Voeld, it's a mess. Hell, the game acts like you've triggered the Vault if you found the outpost even if you've never touched it.

Well, it's all kind of moot now for me anyways.  The Save Data Error persisted even when I backtracked and reloaded that game way back at the EOS vault and then tried again reloading the save I have made just when one if first able to manually save (just after first meeting Tann et al on the Nexus).  I finally deleted that character and started a new Ryder... got halfway through the prologue and had to get some sleep, so I exited.  Upon trying to reload the autosave, I still got the Save Data Error message... although the save did load.  I don't trust it though to continue, so I've uninstalled the entire game and am currently in the process of reinstalling it from the disk (and updating it through Xbox Live).  If that doesn't eliminate the error, I'm going to have to see about getting the console itself checked out... I'm running out of options.  However, if I do get back to playing here... I'll remember to go to Voeld first this time.

No, I don't think it's the patch at all.  I think it has to do with the flakiness of my internet connectivity (I live in a rural area with really slow/bad internet) and this game seems to be sensitive to it because of the frequency of the autosave feature.  The issue started after my internet went out during a thunderstorm and the game got stuck on a load screen.  When I restarted, it got stuck on the main load screen.  After a couple of tries, I was able to get the game to load, but the error message kept coming up AND the Xbox kept bumping me off Xbox Live as well... so I've been trying to resolve the problem for the last day... first by trying earlier manual saves of the same file, then trying a new character and eventually resorted to uninstalling the game.  Now, I find out that I probably jumped the gun with that move, since I've read online that clearly the Alternate MAC address in the network settings on the Xbox can resolve the problem.  If the problem returns, that is what I will try next because it seems to make sense that this is related somehow to the internet connection.  Shit happens... and it's not always the developer's fault.  Also, I'm not sure the absolute latest patch has hit the Xbox One yet...  Last patch showing before I uninstalled was around June 8th.

Will be interesting to see what MEA DLC delivers...

I have a free Live account, not Gold... so, from what I'm reading, it should not be utilizing the cloud... but I do occasionally get a syncing message.  I can't access a "cloud" section from storage, so I honestly don't know if anything is going wrong with that and I have no idea what I can do if there's an interference there.  My son does have a Gold membership and his profile is here but it's not his home Xbox, so it may be a conflict there, but I'm not computer savvy enough to figure that out if that's it.  (Still waiting for the reinstall to finish.  I can start the game at this point, but I thought I'd just wait it out for it to fully install (just in case something disrupts it).

I know I can take the Xbox itself completely offline and it would have to save only locally.. but then I won't be able to access the Strike Team feature at all (and I do like getting those little bonus boxes).

ETA:  Dang it... error message still comes up.  It seems to still be trying to load save data for my profile using the cloud (even though everything says my profile shouldn't use the cloud at all).  I even tried clearing the Alternate MAC address.  Time to call Microsoft, I guess.

Might just need to completely wipe everything to do with Andromeda memory wise and restart all over to reset it.

have you by chance done a hard reset on the console itself?

already uninstalled/reinstalled so no need to get into that.

Did you just say that this started after a storm? If so it could be one of a few things. That socket error could be that the storm damaged the incoming signal port. Do you have a cable modem?

85 hours in (Eos, Havarl and Kadara at 100%) and honestly, I'm struggling with boredom....I don't really seem to care about the main story or even, more importantly, Ryder or my crew. At the moment I am in Voeld, and the ever growing list of quests is starting to feel like a list of obligatory chores and not exciting little side adventures.

Normally when I immerse myself into a new game, it's near impossible to take breaks to do other stuff like work(!), household chores etc. With MEA I find myself yawning to the point of getting sleepy. Taking lengthy breaks away from this game, oddly feels like respite.

The game looks incredible though, and the Nomad is a great improvement over the Mako but this doesn't make up for the general feeling of apathy I have for the story or the characters after the triology.

However, I won't give up completely. Maybe the initial learning curve (the R&D etc.), along with trying to complete too many side quests was too much. Reading people's positive reviews, such as the OP's, tends to rekindle my interest.

It's the game's mid-section. It's not paced right. The game makes a big deal about stabilising the Nexus' position and establishing outposts, but then mashes this up with the storyline. Thus you're being pulled in two different directions and half the time you're not sure whether the game wants you to stay on the planet or move on.

I found after I managed 100% on Kadara, Voeld, Havarl and Eos, stuff started to come together. This was kind of when the loyalty missions are on the go to, which help a ton with the relative eh of the open world missions.

I usually don't but book companions to games but did get masked empire and...the other one.

The books are always interesting. I'm gonna read Nexus Uprising when I'm on holiday later this year. Currently busy with the The Witcher books so I'll have to finish those first.