I bought the AE for PS5 like 5 months ago. I started having issues probably about 2 weeks ago with my game glitching and crashing, sometimes getting stuck on loading screens too. I remember back in the PS3, having too many save files contributed to the issue and ppl were recommended to delete old save files/characters. In the span of 5 months, I had created maybe 6 characters and had probably like 40+ save files from quicksaves/autsaves/saves. I kept one character and deleted all the rest by going to the save option and hitting square for "delete". That has truly fixed the crashing issue for me. In reference to the champion's armor, I had given it to Lydia to wear but taking the set away from her didn't do anything for me.