Can't Progress Blood of Arlathan Quest

GUYS FINALLY!!! i waited until the new patch update (no clue if it helped or not tbh) but what i did is i went in with my normal settings from before the first fight, did everything as normal until your companions go to fix the gate then moved over to the ramp i slid in from and changed ALL the settings to off/low the rest of the venatori spawned immediately there hope this works for yall

Well, I solved this problem, but you're not going to like the solution. I bought and installed an SSD, and moved the game files over to it. Game progressed instantly and it plays awesome now. No more lag, no more loading issues. All is well. I know better than to expect that a profit-hungry company like EA is going to be honest about the specs it takes to run the game, but I really wish I would have known ahead of time that this would be literally unplayable on an HDD. I feel deeply resentful about the whole thing, but at least I get to finish this game now.

(Also have to admit I got a great sense of pride and accomplishment from cracking open my PC case and installing the SSD myself. I feel like a genius.)

Also just ran across this bug today and I cannot get past it. Repairing and restarting the game hasn’t done anything at all. So frustrating that I literally can’t continue on with the game because of this!