Ubisoft has announced new Mid-Season Reinforcements for Siege. The latest Rainbow Six Siege patch will arrive Wednesday, March 15, and will introduce new balancing for the operators, a new Elite set for Twitch, as well as gameplay fixes, operator fixes, level design fixes, and user experience fixes such as stable match-making.
As for operator changes, Glaz will receive the biggest rework in this patch. Glaz's Flip Sight will now feature thermal visual feedback when the player is ADS. Enemy defenders will be less able to hide. That said, Glaz's new scope upgrade isn't exactly wall-hacks as the thermal indicators will not work through walls. Still, if Glaz isn't already an integral part of securing the Presidential Plane, he certainly is now.
Other character buffs will include Doc, who can now overheal teammates to 140 health, as well as Buck, who now gains an additional magazine for his shotgun. Echo's MP5SD2 also receives an increase in damage at mid-range.
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Finally, in the last update, Ubisoft normalized the size of the sights for weapons across the board. However, it looks like Ubisoft is reverting back to the old setup, reducing the size of certain sights to prevent it from obstructing the player's view.
The Rainbow Six Siege Mid-Season Reinforcement also adds another Elite set, this time for Twitch. The clever GIGN operator will receive matching uniform, headgear, along with an Operator card, title, charm, and victory animation. Her troublesome shock drone won't get anything fancy, which is good, because I really hate that annoying shock drone.
Last but not least, Wednesday's Mid-Season Reinforcement will begin the technical test server, which will enable Ubisoft to improve upon or develop "specific technical systems." One of the systems that Ubisoft hopes to bring aboard is One-Step Matchmaking, which is a new approach that will potentially make matchmaking more stable.
The new Rainbow Six Siege patch arrives March 15. PlayStation 4 players may expect to receive server maintenance between 6 a.m. - 6:59 a.m. PST, or 9 a.m. - 9:59 a.m. EST. Xbox One server maintenance is expected from 7 a.m. - 7:59 a.m. PST, or 10 a.m. - 10:59 a.m. EST. Finally, the patch is expected to go live on PC from 8 a.m. - 8:59 a.m. PST or 11 a.m. - 11:59 a.m. EST.
Check out the Rainbow Six Mid-Season Reinforcements patch notes below:
GAMEPLAY FIXES
- FIXED – There is an exploit that results in Ranked games awarding 0-5 MMR after a win.
- FIXED – Hit registration and kill cam show a headshot without the proper bonus point with a neck shot.
- FIXED – The player cannot detonate a Nitro Cell if they are put in a DBNO state while holding it and then revived.
- FIXED – Weapons will become invisible when the revive animation of a player or hostage is interrupted.
- FIXED – The feedback for cooking a Frag Grenade is not replicated in support mode.
- FIXED – The camera clips through an Operator when they go down stairs while in prone.
- FIXED – The compass does not move, or shows the wrong direction, while the player is rappelling.
- FIXED – Crouching under a deployable shield while it is being placed will allow the character to sometimes clip through it.
- FIXED – The smoke grenade effect passes through floors.
GAME MODE FIXES
RANKED
- FIXED – In some cases, playing placement ranked matches do not count towards total placement matched needed to obtain a rank.
TERRORIST HUNT
- FIXED – Jackal will sometimes not activate a Nitro Cell when walking near it.
- FIXED – Extraction animation played at a specific point causes AI to remain stuck running in place.
OPERATOR FIXES
SHIELD OPERATORS
- FIXED – Shields are not protecting Operators from explosive damage.
BLITZ
- FIXED – Blitz has spent additional time at the range, thus reducing the draw time on his weapon after triggering his Shield Flash. There is no longer a 2 seconds delay before Blitz can fire his weapon.
FROST
- FIXED – Frost is unable to place her traps near a window.
ECHO
- FIXED – When hit by a Yokai sonic burst, the camera mode can't be used for the duration of the disorientation effect.
- FIXED – The Yokai drone resets its initial camera direction every time Echo accesses it.
- FIXED – The Yokai drone will sometimes experience the wrong collision detection when it is sticking to the ceiling and will result in a "losing signal" error.
MIRA
- FIXED – Breaking reinforcement panels placed around indestructible pillar will leave gaps between the wall and reinforcement.
- FIXED – The One Way Mirror plant event is triggered twice, making the sound too loud.
- FIXED – Sometimes Mira cannot place Reinforcements next to the One Way Mirror.
- FIXED – The frame of the One Way Mirror switches to the place where the second Mirror is being deployed for a player who has joined in progress.
- FIXED – Breach Charges and Exothermic Charges are not destroyed if a One Way Mirror is placed on the opposite side of the same wall.
SLEDGE
- FIXED – Sledge's model is corrupt during gameplay when viewed by other players.
MONTAGNE
- FIXED – It is possible to shoot Montagne's pistol with his shield extended while doing a specific action.
LEVEL DESIGN FIXES
BARTLETT UNIVERSITY
- FIXED – Destruction on the ceiling of the Piano Room above the fire place can only be seen from one direction.
- FIXED – Players can clip through the 1F Dining Room outside door and can be killed by enemies.
- FIXED – A player will get stuck in a wall when entering from rappel in 1F Dining Room.
CLUBHOUSE
- FIXED – Defenders are able to clip into the outside shed by vaulting over a deployable shield.
BANK
- FIXED – Objects on shelves disappear and deform upon LOD drop.
USER EXPERIENCE FIXES
- FIXED – The Square button on PS4 loses functionality on the highlighted items on the Shop tab if the user tries to buy with square button and returns.
- FIXED – The screen remains in continuous loading when accessing the Ubisoft Club Challenges in-game and in the Uplay client.
- FIXED – Full screen mode on a customization item can only be accessed once per item.
- FIXED – Certain charms contain placeholder icons.
- FIXED – Some Operators have lower resolution texture in their headgear pictures and in the character model preview mode. (This is an ongoing process, and additional Operators will be touched on in future updates.)
