So in order to obtain crystalline ore , you must:
– find a good/fresh Dragon stand map with 3 commander
– do a 40 minutes minimum chain events.
– beat an elder dragon.
Then go on an hunt for noxious pod:
– that are in zone infested with high damage mob (hello veteran smokescale & legendary wyvern).
– with player that only care about their own loot. If you are taken in the trail of mob that they are aggroing too bad for you.
– with a time limit of 14 minutes.
– while they migth disappear in front of you.
– with a random chance to actually get something.
Minimum amount for something on post meta DS vendor : 50 crystalline ore.
Obviously this is not skippable if you don’t like it, because a lot of thing use this as money (lot of guild stuff, futur legendary, collection).
So if you hate doing it, you just cut a big chunk out of the expansion.