The game freezes and crashes out the moment the protean spawns in, this happens consistently and is repeatable.
No crashes in the 100+ hours up until this point, the game runs fine capped at 120fps and I've already cleared this Maelstrom rotation with diamond rank just a few days ago.
No software or hardware changes with the only difference being new skins and progress completion.
I can no longer play Maelstrom because it crashes out and penalizes me for disconnecting as soon as the protean spawns.