This issue has haunted the project for a while, and is a tough one to troubleshoot. For one thing, MCC doesn't provide a debug log that's useful to average people. Another problem is the fact that it is very difficult to replicate the issue on command.

My issue is that I need to find out -exactly- what to cut, without gimping the experience too much. In the interest of narrowing down the most common scenario that causes this, I'd like to ask people to reply, with as much detail as you can recall, the exact gameplay scenario that happened at the moment of the crash, whether it is plasma stuck elite, AI dodging, a dropped weapon, an explosion, whatever. Each little bit of data helps.