Edit: Bungie has confirmed via Twitter that they are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it.
Since the new patch, anytime multiple people join a party using party chat the framerate dips way down. My guess is this is related to the new chat feature. Leaving the party brings the game back to normal and game chat is a temporary workaround but not a solution as my group is always switching out characters and being able to communicate during that time makes everything much easier.
Please prioritize this over any other unnecessary changes you had planned like arbitrarily changing the icons for elemental damage.
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I was wondering what caused that. I tried to do Vault of Glass last night and everyone in our party was experiencing this frame-rate drop (we were in Xbox party chat) Now that I think about it, the slowdowns didn't occur until we all grouped up in party chat. Also, the frame-rate went back to normal as everyone started to leave the chat afterward.