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A New Age of Rainbow Six Siege

Article by: Travis Lisiecki

Rainbow Six Siege was released on December 1, 2015, and is coming up in its seventh year. In year seven Ubisoft is making some promising claims ranging from player protection, accessibility, console experience, gameplay, balancing, and more. Will these changes bring back old players?

The year will consist of four seasons like normal and will continue with one new operator each season. The four new operators will be from Japan, Belgium, Singapore, and Colombia. We already know the Japanese operator as Azami. She is a two armor, two-speed operator with a loadout of a 9X19VSN SMG or ACS12 shotgun as a primary weapon and D-50 as a secondary weapon. Her gadgets consist of barbed wire, impact grenades, and the Kiba Barrier. The Kiba Barrier allows the player to alter the map to their advantage by throwing the gadget that deploys as a small circle of concrete to cover walls, windows, floors, and ceilings.

Not only do we get new operators but we also get new maps. Ubisoft hasn’t implemented a new map for three years, so this is big. Two of the maps released will be competitive maps that will be used in casual and ranked. The other map will be for a team deathmatch mode that is permanently coming to Siege. The chance to practice your aim doesn’t stop there. On top of the team deathmatch, we will also be getting a shooting range to practice recoils and such. However, maybe it’s not your aim that needs practice. Each operator will now provide tips and videos on how to effectively use the operator to its full potential. Lastly, if you’re a fan of the fun arcade game modes Siege offers during special events then you’re in luck. Seasonal events will be seen again as well as previous arcade modes will have their own playlist, so you can play them at any time.

Some improvements are coming for the players as well. The battle passes will be extended until the end of the season and offer more challenges/rewards. Rewards regarding rank will also be increased to rewards with each rank up. Player protection and accessibility is something Ubisoft hasn’t forgotten about and is still changing. Players will have the option to give themselves a nickname to remain anonymous in lobbies. A new anti-grief system will be implemented to better penalize friendly fire and toxic voice/text chat. You can report these players in the game and now also report them on your match replays. Reporting players through match replay is a step in the right direction because you may now catch cheaters and report them directly with the evidence already in the match replay. We are also going to see a reputation system that will restrict players if they are repeatedly reported. Lastly, the console players are getting some love with a field of view slider and more controller sensitivity setting options. We will also be seeing crossplay and cross-progression coming to Siege near the end of year seven.

There are many positives that are coming to Rainbow Six Siege! We have to keep in mind that these changes are stretched out over a year and won’t see everything at once. However, Ubisoft has definitely stepped up its game for this year's content. Check out this new age of Siege.