@ Stabbey; Are you sure chat is simply not enabled? It closes clicking anywhere in the game, and only then can you act. I agree it's not ideal, but it could explain almost all of the mentioned issues 0_o
I just played another co-op session, making sure to close the and this time combat went smoothly. Maybe it was the chat log being up? I dunno.
That said, he failed to connect several times, and I had to reload my game before it worked.
- In the living quarters of the Homestead, there's a gazebo thing with fire on top. It looks important, but I guess it's just decoration. You can walk through it.