Game crashes when entering combat with Essence events and some boss events

I have experienced the same crash a few times, each when entering a triggered event, specifically the essence events and the Dryad circle event in the hunting grounds, Act 1.
The game halts saying there is an exception and unable to load a texture. Immediate closure of the game then happens. Unfortunate because the event is unavailable after. Obviously I do not expect Essence events to persist when the area is repopulated. However, the dryad event in Hunting Grounds is not like that, it is always there as an optional event. When I relogged in from Steam, the event would not trigger at all. I was forced to completely log out of Steam and restart that application. Then I verified the install, thinking it was a missing file or dll library corruption. Upon relogging again into the game from Steam, it was available again and the bug did not repeat.
However, the same bug has happened twice in Act 2 with Essence events, same exact scenario, complete exit of Steam and verification of files, then relaunching the game. Not really expecting a solution, just letting you all know this is happening. It feels like these textures may be missing in the properly downloaded and installed game files and is a symptom of Early Access.

Thanks for the game, it is head and shoulders above other arpg's contemporary with it that are full release games, not in what is a beta basically. Kudos for such a clean Early Access game. If this is the only bug I encounter while Early access is live, then I consider it a resounding success.