So how would you rate the experience after this patch?

Oh I love it. The Kett dropping out of Initiative shuttles has had me rofl every time.

It's definitely a significant improvement, seriously though why didn't they just delay the game? They were able to come out with a decent fix in the span of 2 weeks, would a 1 or 2 month delay really have been that bad?

Everything was fine until I ran into a game breaking dialogue bug that keeps looping the same convo over and over with no way out (good-bye option leads to the same loop).

Drack in the crew quarters? That was the one i got prepatch.

Good luck.

I'm impressed. It's not just animations and eyes that have been "fixed", though they're garnering the most attention. Lighting is greatly improved (on PS4, at least), and some game balance changes have been implemented. I'm also experiencing significantly fewer glitches since installing. (Other than some momentary slowdown just after installing, I've actually not experienced any. Wow. That's hard to believe.)

It's true that this stuff would've ideally been done before release; but they ran out of time and the fiscal year forecast could not be compromised. Anyone who has worked in business can understand fiscal "lines in the sand".

It's heartening to look at the list of still pending changes, as well as to read that today's patch is actually just one-third of the work that was submitted to BioWare. This game, already a favorite of mine, will be whipped into shape, yet! I'm also pleased to see that the online narrative has duly shifted, as critics acknowledge both today's improvements, and BioWare's candor and ownership of the problems.

I'm faced with the still present issue that I still have quest items in my inventory after I did a New Game +. And talking to characters that need that item leads to mission steps being completed or skipped. Anyone know of a way to get rid of these things?

Wwooow I just spent the past hour diagnosing an NVIDIA driver issue

ok

found out I have to update my Windows too

ok

Can they be destroyed? I recall that they can't be sold. I reloaded my "Tempest Autosave" when this happened to me, and it didn't happen again. Worst case, you could try reloading.

I hadn't heard of those anecdotes. Crazy!

EA and BioWare were likely not surprised by the backlash, which is why they managed it with grace, this time. After all, they hired a 3rd party to do this clean up work just before release, and we're encouraged to delay until summer. That being the case, the scores and bile likely won't matter, as long as sales are good.

If sales are hurt, who knows? They can't afford to do this again, certainly. Once is embarrassing. Twice would be a pattern, and maybe a deathknell.

Crazy indeed of course they were waiting for it. they knew what they were releasing. they indeed don't get a second chance or perhaps a 3rd chance if we count Hudson team's ME3 ending and thats the point. scores indeed don't matter most likely for EA as long as the sales are good, although now the Montreal team can't brag about scores unlike the Edmonton team on their page xD