Darwinion

I'm brand new to the game and new to the forums. I've researched the stacking bug and to be honest I would call it pretty game breaking. If I invest hours on a play through (as I always do on a first run) and then run into something like this then I will be pretty angry! It might not *break* the game as such in that it can still be played. But if you have to lose loads of hours going back in your saves or carefully try and work round the bug (which as a newcomer would be extremely difficult) then that's when I would wave goodbye. I'm awaiting the new patch as I just bought it on Steam sale. I know I could use beta but I've decided to wait it out while I play other stuff.

I'm about to buy the game as it is on sale on Steam at the moment. I know that through Steam I can use the Beta patch of 3.03. Are the bugs mentioned above (stacking and journal bugs) fixed in the Beta version? Also, would I need to restart a new game when the final 3.03 is released? Because if so then I may as well wait.