It is good news that Private Division is remedying a mistake by Epic for some people. They didn't cause the problem, but they are working to fix it. Unfortunately, they need a remedy that can be universally applied to everyone whose game files were broken. Private Division should not have to email every person who emails them about the continued problem. Every person with the problem should not have to email Private Division to fix a problem that was caused by Epic.
I have contacted Private Division. It was about 48 hours ago. I have heard nothing back, not even an acknowledgement of my initial contact. Two days doesn't seem long to me, but from other posts, it appears that Private Division has a rapid response time for some people.
I was enjoying this game. I would have paid for the DLC Season Pass. Now the experience is being spoiled. Every time I have to check this forum and post something about the problem still not being solved it associates negative experiences with the Epic Game Store and The Outer Worlds. That's unfortunate. I don't want to think, "oh that's the game they screwed up" every time I see Outer Worlds in my game library. I have already turned off auto-update in the Epic Game store do to my experience. It's also in bad form that Epic has not acknowledged their mistake and owned the responsibility to make it right. Instead, we are left to post our grievances on the forum of the Developers who did not brake the save files.