Operation New Blood | Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft (US)

BALANCING

FENRIR

Fenrir now has 4 F-NATT Dread Mines, 2 tickets to activate mines, and the mines are no longer bulletproof. Tickets are recovered when a mine is destroyed or deactivated. Barbed Wire has also been replaced with Observation Blocker.

SOLIS

Solis' SPEC-IO Electro Sensor is unavailable during the prep phase, duration of the sensor has been reduced to 10 seconds, detection range is now set to 12 meters, and must be at full charge to use. Impact Grenades have also been replaced with Proximity Alarm.

BARBED WIRE

Deals 5hp damage every second while moving through it.

MEMBERSHIP

Enjoy access to a voucher that can be redeemed for any operator and over 100 rewards from the Premium Battle Pass along with 10 level skips each month for quicker progression. Legendary, member-exclusive gear awaits you every month and are only available for a limited time. We are showing our appreciation to early adopters with extra bonus rewards! Become a member before June 19th to get an additional Ash epic bundle and 600 R6 credits.

Active R6S Membership owners receive: Premium Battle Pass access during each R6S season, 1 Exclusive Legendary Item (Collect 1 item per month during a season to complete a full Legendary Set), 1 Exclusive Cosmetic Bundle per month, 1 Bravo Pack per month, and 10 Battle Token per month.

OPERATOR VOUCHER

For Season 2 and Season 4 of Year 9, players with the Premium Battle Pass will be given an Operator Voucher that can be used to unlock any operator they want. At the end of the season, unused Operator Vouchers will be automatically used to unlock a random Operator that the player doesn't own, and if a player has unlocked all Operators, they will instead receive R6 Credits.

MARKETPLACE

On June 25th, players who are at least clearance level 25 and have Two-Factor Authentication enabled will have access to the Rainbow 6 Siege Marketplace, a safe and anonymous web platform for players to securely trade skins with R6 Credits. Players without access can play a match that grants XP to verify eligibility. Ubisoft account sanctions or in-game sanctions will affect Marketplace access.

New life improvement features also coming to the Marketplace, such as : Item recommendations, Price History, Graphs and other UX/UI improvements.

PLAYLIST

STANDARD PLAYLIST MAP FILTER

The Standard Map Filters provide a way for players to have some degree of agency when it comes to map selection while playing Standard.

The Standard Map Filters consists of:

• Ranked Map Pool (all maps currently in the Ranked Map Pool)
• Non-Ranked Map Pool (all maps currently NOT in the Ranked Map Pool)
• All Maps (all maps in the Ranked and Non-Ranked Map Pool)

Once a filter is selected by the player, every time they start a queue for a Standard Match they will be queuing only for the selected maps. Settings can be found in the Settings Menu for Standard.

NEW ATTRITION ARCADE

Prepare to adapt and outwit in Attrition. Attrition returns to Siege as a tweaked, limited-time event. In this bomb mode, once an operator is chosen, it’s locked for both teams for the match. Players must adapt and strategize with unconventional team compositions to win. The match starts with 5 Defender and 5 Attacker Operators randomly removed from the pool at the beginning of the match, giving both sides a random handicap.

Attrition will be available from June 18th to July 2nd.

MAP UPDATES: STADIUM ALPHA AND STADIUM BRAVO

Stadium Alpha and Stadium Bravo were given some quality of life changes that will make the maps more competitive. Across both maps, bulletproof glass has been removed. The layouts and destructibility for both maps has also been changed to improve player comfort and navigation, and provide more of a challenge for Attackers. Both Stadium maps will be included in all rest of playlists: Standard (with the new filter system), Quick Match (with correspondent preseteups), as well as Arcade and Custom Game.

SPECTATING UPDATE

CASTER CARDS

Caster Cards have been updated to reduce clutter and simplify the information shown about an Operator during the match. Changes include:

• Horizontal card alignment at the bottom
• Streamlined design with better information prioritization
• Eliminated redundant information
• Renewed UI
• New additions: Operator live location, Item in use, Health number.

New caster cards are exclusively in spectator mode starting in the new season and will also be accessible for the Esports events.

PLAYER COMFORT

ADVANCED AUDIO OPTIONS

Audio options have been updated to provide a deeper level of control over the soundscape of the game. The feature will give more comprehensive and granular audio customization options to the player, including voiceover and music. Players will be able to fine tune their experience of a variety of audio elements in-game to better suit their own playstyle and needs. Previous audio settings have been reverted to default to avoid potential conflicts.

FLASHBANG CUSTOMIZATION

The new flashbang customization feature allows players to select the type of visual and audio effect applied whenever the player is blinded by a flashbang or other blinding device. The purpose of the feature is to improve accessibility of the game and make the blinding effect less taxing on people with photosensitivity and tinnitus.

TRAINING AND ONBOARDING

VERSUS AI

For Y9S2, Versus AI playlist has been updated with some new additions.

New Maps

• Coastline
• Nighthaven Labs

New AI Operators

• Vigil
• Thunderbird

New Playable Operators

• Ace
• Blackbeard
• Hibana
• Deimos

New Behaviour

• AI Operators may wallbang against red pinged players, especially Deimos. Advanced difficulty only.

MAP TRAINING PLAYLIST

Map training playlist has added a new mode called Endless Drill to help you warm up and sharpen your skills before hopping into matchmaking. Run 60 minute sessions to train your aim while navigating a map and getting important feedback such as how much damage you took during the run.

New settings have also been added to the map training playlist. Maps can now be set up with soft walls pre-destroyed, a headshot only mode, and the option for a simplified objective HUD.

To help players better understand important sections of the map, we've added a guidance tool. Players can set markers for stairs, drone vents, and hatches to better familiarize themselves with the map and improve their tactics.

Endless Drill now has 4 new maps: Outback, Villa, Kanal, and Thempark.