Rainbow Six Siege Y7S3 Pre-Season Designer’s Notes Reveals Crucial Changes

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 7 Season 3 is only a couple of weeks away. The new season will bring a new attacking operator, an additional competitive map, and tons of balancing changes. The developer has released pre-season Designer’s Notes for the upcoming season.

From now on, weapon recoil changes on PC will differ from the ones on consoles. For PC users, the vertical recoil of every weapon has been increased. The new season will also increase the overall recoil of every AR, SMG, LMG, and Machine Pistol.

Suppressors are receiving a much-needed buff. Damage Reduction of every suppressor has been removed, finally making it a valid attachment. Vertical Grip attachment will be added to four new weapons, namely, OTs-03 (Glaz), ARX (Nomad), C1 9mm (Frost), and T-5 (Lesion, Oryx).

You can read the highlights of the designer’s notes below.

• Weapon Recoil on Console will no longer follow changes made on PC and is unimpacted by the following changes.
• Vertical recoil has been increased on all weapons and adjusted to their expected power level.
• Increased overall recoil on:
  • All Assault Rifles
  • All SMGs
  • All LMGs
  • Machine Pistols

• Softened overall recoil on:
  • M762
  • R4C
  • MX4
  • EVO-3 Scorpion
• Increased overall recoil on:
  • 6P41
  • LMG-E
  • G8A1
  • Spear .308

• Added EMP Impact Grenade as 3rd Gadget to the following Operators:
  • Blackbeard
  • Montagne
  • Dokkaebi
  • Nokk
  • Gridlock
  • Sledge
  • Lion
  • Osa

• Reduce range to 3.6 meters
• Change damage curve (new=orange)

• Reduce activation time to 4s (from 5)

• Reduce drilling time to 2s (from 3)
• Increase pellets’ trail visibility
• Add smoke grenade as 3rd gadget

• Increase charges to 4 (from 3)
• Reduced CSRX vertical and horizontal recoil.
• Increased CSRX camera recovery time after recoil.

• Add Claymore as 3rd gadget

• Add Gonne-6

• Remove Gonne-6

• Replace Frag. Grenade with Smoke Grenades

• Replace Frag. Grenades with Stun Grenades

• Add Gonne-6

The patch notes show that several attachments have been added to multiple guns. You can read the complete changelog via the official site for more information.