As someone who has been waiting and waiting to play this... is there something akin to Bethesda's time honor stealth-archer build? Or should I just go in blind?
That's the Terrormorph line quest that I think originates with joining the UC. You get sent to investigate an outpost and make a startling discovery!
The story line is this quest is fantastic for the twists and turns. And he was right that "boss" Terrormorph was probably one of the toughest...
I've had something like this happen. Reload the previous auto save (usually where you enter the bldg / zone) and talk to them as far away as possible. It seemed to me if you were very close to them when initiating or didn't let them stand up from the desk / chair they were in, they would just...
Agreed I'm 44 and it's turning into a slog especially since I like exploring and doing the 'little quests' you pick up from people talking around the towns / etc. Last one I just did gave me like 100xp... heh.
I'm playing on a 2080 (regular) at 2k (2560x1440) at mostly ultra / high settings and get playable frame rates. Not sure of numbers, because it hasn't caused me issues to look into them.
This is on a 12th gen i5 with a Gen 4 nVME drive and 32Gb RAM.