Playing this one on game pass. Hopefully not too buggy when it comes out.

Nope. Unless it pops up on Gamepass as part of my subscription, it will be wait a year or two for them to flush the major bugs out and then pick it up on sale on Steam if the reviews are good.

Bethesda games can be good, but on the balance, I end up putting far more playtime into titles from other studios - their stories are great, but their gameplay always feels clunky and stiff to me.

Already did, but I bought it via the Icelandic store where it's about half the price of my local store.

If I can find a copy of the CE then yes. If not, no.

Absolutely not. I have Gamepass, and if anything I might actually wait a couple of weeks after the release to even start playing, to make sure there are no save-destroying bugs or anything like that.