Welp... I finally ran into some game breakers today. First one was the inability to complete a main faction quest in order to align myself with a certain faction. I have to clear a rendezvous point of some enemy raiders... But the quest never progresses after thoroughly killing everything in sight. I bit the bullet and tried to continue the main quest without that faction by having dog meat do the scent tracking bit. I start following dog meat... He vanishes into thin air in front of my eyes.
Okay Bethesda, now I'm glad I merely borrowed the game from my brother... You ain't gonna get a penny from me for this shit. Fix it, then I'll consider a buy.