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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The problem SEEMS to manifest after 3 or more are in the Party...switching to game chat does fix the frame rate issue...but is incredibly inconvenient. Having everyone in the same party chat across multiple games is nice if we are trying to get the raid going and someone is working on another game or activity in Destiny. Now we have reverted to sending texts back and forth to coordinate. Feels like quite a step backwards in communication and overall enjoyment. Hope you get it fixed soon. Other than that...I like the new voice chat functionality.