I am still experiencing this bug as well. In my opinion the dev team needs to be focused on fixing game breaking bugs like these instead of releasing DLCs. I have been a backer of both this game and the original and this is overwhelmingly disappointing and souring my taste for this franchise.
I should not have to be forced to restart my game after many hours of playtime. If this is not resolved soon I would like to request a refund. How would I go about that process?