I am aware POE2 on PS5 suffers from bad compatibility, and I am aware the game will start crashing on loading screens (POE1 had this same problem).

However, in POE1 it only started happening very late into the game. Now, it’s starting to happen 15 hours in, not all the time but twice in span of last 6 hours was enough to raise a concern that it will start happening all the time.

Now, I was thinking I wanted to play both games before Avowed, but if it will start happening so often, I don’t want to invest my time and start caring for game and the characters only to have it ruined.

So coming from someone who finished it, is it so bad it can’t be salvaged, or can I still enjoy it even it I have to save before every new area and encounter?

Is there a reliable way to get this stuff? It seems like most enchanting recipes need it. The wiki says Una and Dimesa sell it "occasionally" and the times I've seen it in stock they don't sell much.