Talmberg: Run (Armour) Quest Bug?

Running into a repeatable problem (bug?) in Talmberg. Have run through various times boiling down to the following.

After autosave where the lord talks his way out of attack, I talk to the second in command, talk to the lady, get gold, talk to the vendor, get lockpick. Sleep to save. Go to the guard house and I am met with a stacked row of guards that will not leave the guard house. They just sit there and guard the chest I need to loot. I can lure them away through various means but if I save again before trying (this save system plus the lockpicking system is pure middle finger to players) the guards are again stacked by the chest.

It’s like the game is saying “Fuck you! You thought you would get the armour but, Fuck You!”

Has anyone else had this problem? Any way around it?

Did you try waiting until late into the night between 11pm and 4am for some to sleep? This worked for me. Think it was about 230 ish am when i was finally able to.

Your questions allows me to illustrate another problem. If I try to sleep/wait until nightfall I am interrupted after a few hours and if I try to sleep/wait again I am told “You can’t delay - no time to lose!”

Are you able to reload a bit to the past?

I have not tried re-loading to before the army approaching the keep but TBH I didn’t waste any time before. I arrived, ate, slept, talked to the lady in the middle of the night, kept watch then the army approached. I may try that but seriously, WTH!?!?

Guessing you never played fo4 on survival did you

no, was it bugged beyond usefulness?

No saves unless you slept. That is the ONLY way to save. Easy to lose time, levels and items and drops are rng as well.