Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege X News

The Y4S2.2 patch will be primarily bugfixes aimed at cleaning up issues raised during the Test Server and during the early weeks of season release while we prepare for the next update and work on other major issues. Clash and deployable shields have previously been re-enabled on live servers across all platforms, but we are continuing to monitor the fix that went out.

• RFF triggers for hostage interactions have been aligned to be more reflective of global RFF parameters

• Lesion Gu Mine cloaking mechanics have been updated with Echo’s cloaking mechanic to prevent detection through ballistic shields.

• Reduced Idle kick timer during prep phase.
• Additional new idle-kick feedback warning prompt.

• Fixed – Attackers can break their rotation axis through a series of steps, allowing them to spin like a top. No more Beyblade.
• Fixed – Placing certain gadgets (Jammer, Prisma, Evil Eye, etc.) in front of a destructible wall segment can interfere with later attempts to reinforce.
• Fixed – Shield operators can see an invisible Yokai VFX through their shield when the glass is damaged.
• Fixed – Players can lose partial functionality if they started to defuse at the same time as another defender.
• Fixed – Sometimes the Defuser can be pushed outside the bomb site by interactions with barricades and wall reinforcements.
• Fixed – Players are kicked after putting the hostage in DBNO during prep phase. 

• Fixed – Echo drones fixed on a ceiling hatch continue to stay in place even after hatch is destroyed.

• Fixed – Mozzie’s hacked drone view for Defender Operators in Support mode are in color when they should be black + white. (Only Mozzie should see hacked drones in full-color).

• Fixed –Airjab proximity SFX is not present in replays.

• Fixed – Glitches feedback in first person POV continues playing after leaving rappel.

• Fixed –HUD becomes larger when deploying a shield, placing a reinforcement, or when on a ladder.

• Fixed – Shock drone's beams cannot travel through railings on some maps to destroy cameras
• Fixed – Twitch drone view for Defender Operators in Support mode are in color when they should be black + white. (Only Twitch should see her drones in full-color). 

• Fixed – Players can vault the shelves at 1F Electrical Room.
• Fixed – Drone can be thrown into ceiling of 1F Teller’s Office.
• Fixed – Missing entry prompt when rappelling down from EXT Low Roof Skylight.
• Fixed – Operators clip through the South building's wall when rappeling down EXT Low Roof while holding the hostage.
• Fixed - Lesion cannot deploy his Gu mines on a specific location at the entrance of Ext Tunnel.

• Fixed – Players can vault and go through ceiling areas of EXT Pedestrian Customs.
• Fixed – Missing drone collision with in 1F Workshop allows drones to scan without being spotted.

• Fixed – Attackers can vault onto the purple tarps from EXT rooftop.
• Fixed – Defender drones lose reception in the 2F VIP Lounge drone hole.

• Fixed – Drones can be thrown between the floorboards above B Garage.

• Fixed – Obstructed ADS vision in B Escape Tunnel.
• Fixed – One of the soft walls in B Container cannot be reinforced from the outside at EXT Construction Site.

• Fixed – LOD issues with glass display in 2F Museum Room.

• Fixed – Missing barricade at the start of a round in 2F Sewing Room.

• Fixed – Various window clipping and texture issues.
• Fixed – Flash Bang effects can pass through the stained glass windows on Villa onto the other side.
• Fixed – It is difficult to deploy Gadgets on some of the windows/flat window surfaces where they should be able to be deployed.

• Fixed – LOD issue in 2F Pillar Room.
• Fixed – Players can prone and hide in a shelf in 3F Bar Backstore.
• Fixed – Blocked windows from previous Kafe showing red outlines during preparation phase.
• Fixed – Operators can hide inside the cupboards in 1F Dining Room
• Fixed – Floating debris after destroying the wall in 2F Fireplace Hall.
• Fixed – Minor missing visual elements.
• Fixed – [Situations] Drone can remain stuck inside a tree after spawning in EXT Park.

• Fixed – Missing collision with doorstep when the floor is destroyed allows gadgets to pass through a beam.
• Fixed – Operators can clip through the B Tower Stairs.

• Fixed – Players can vault onto the vending machine in 2F Garage Lounge.

• Fixed – Missing compass location after rappelling towards EXT Dragon Statue. 

Fixed – Spamming of special characters in All Text chat causes freezing.
Fixed – Players are put into a situation instantly after cancelling a discovery queue.
Fixed – Updates to various UI elements.
Fixed – Fixes for some modeling and texture issues.
Fixed – Swapping between guns will make ADS to be offset when in Support mode.

Over the course of the Test Server we've made a number of changes based on feedback and addressed a number of bugs reported on the TS.
For the full season patch notes please go to: rainbow6.com/phantomsight.

BALANCING CHANGES
STEALTH GAUGE

• Vigil’s ERC-7 cloaking and Caveira’s Silent step now use the same new gauge behavior system that we have introduced with Nøkk.
  
• All three abilities can be activated at any time (even while refilling) if above 20% ratio.

We have unified the stealth gauge system to maintain gameplay clarity and consistency.

FROST

• Reduce Frost's Welcome Mats to 66 HP (down from 100 HP)

By reducing the health points of Frost traps, we aim at making them easier to destroy. At 100 HP, we felt Frost Mats were sometimes too hard to destroy, and we want cautious players to be rewarded accordingly.

KAID

• Swapping Kaid’s barbed wire for Nitro Cell.

We are replacing Kaid’s barbed wire for the Nitro Cell after reviewing Kaid’s performance and player feedback. By adding the C4 to his loadout, we hope to make him more versatile and to up his pickrate.

PULSE

• Decreased to Pulses Cardiac Sensor unequipping time to 0.65s (down from 0.8s)

By increasing the swap speed of Pulse’s gadget, we are trying to make Pulse’s gadget a bit more appealing and comfortable to use during a round. Following community feedback on the change over the course of the TS, we feel 0.65 is a good middle ground.

TWITCH

• F2 assault rifle recoil increased.

We have increased the recoil of the F2 assault rifle. As an Operator with one of the highest performance and pick rates, having one of the most powerful weapons in her hands made her a bit too powerful. To address this, we’ve increased the recoil of the Famas based on feedback and will continue monitoring for future changes.

SOUND PROPAGATION CHANGES
We have been continuously working to gradually improve sound propagation in game and on our maps. With this Y4S2 update we’ve made global improvements to sound propagation in order to address inconsistent results when interacting with reinforcements.

• Fixed inconsistent propagation obstruction on partially reinforced walls.
  
• Fixed inconsistent propagation on reinforced tall walls with a destroyable upper half where sound would not pass.
  
• With this fix we're aware that an issue still exists where sound will propagate over broken walls even when the wall is reinforced. We will continue working to address it in a future update.

CHANGES TO UBICLUB CHALLENGES , TROPHIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

With this new season, our trophies and achievements are modified to offer challenges that are corresponding to the current Siege experience.

Here is how different platforms will be impacted, keep in mind that completion criteria might have changed. (Check trophy description if needed.)

PS4/PC

• Trophies in progress and not finished will be reset.
  
• Trophies completed, will still be completed, but their description and visual aspect will be updated.

XBOXONE

• Trophies in progress and not finished, will see their progression carried over.
  
• Trophies completed, will still be completed, but their description and visual aspect will be updated.

With the start of the new season, Ubisoft Club Challenges will now run on a Thursday to Thursday schedule.

EXPLOITS
We are continuing to work to address the exploits involving Clash, Claymores, and Deployable Shields. The final fix should be deployed during the season. In the meantime, we will be pushing a partial fix and additional fail-safes that will allow us to re-enable Clash, deployable shields, and claymores. The goal of these failsafes is to make sure that the glitches cannot be exploited even in the chance that they are replicated.

• Clash: Added a failsafe that resets them back to normal if they achieve the glitch.
  
• IQ: Added a failsafe that turns her visible if she manages to go invisible.
  
• Deployable shields: Added a failsafe that will not allow players to shoot if they glitch, and the shield will be automatically deployed on the ground after 2 seconds.

We are also temporarily changing Warden and Nøkk’s secondary gadget loadouts to minimize potential issues.

• Warden: Replace 1x Deployable Shield with 2x Impact Grenades
  
• Nøkk: Replace 1x Claymore with 3x Stun Grenades

This change will be in place with the start of the season. We will restore their original loadouts during Season 2 once our complete fix is deployed.

PLAYER EXPERIENCE
To provide more readability on defuser assignment, in casual bomb game modes the defuser icon now shows up next to who the defuser is assigned to on the ready screen. If the assigned player leaves during prep phase and the defuser is reassigned, the icon will still be visible on newly assigned player.


GAMEPLAY

• Fixed - Players can vault onto windowsills via a deployable shield.
  
• Fixed - Audio for drone movement sounds sometimes are not played for 3rd parties after being idle for a few moments.
  
• Fixed - Breach charge deployment audio does not play if the breach charge is at max range.
  
• Fixed - Placing a gadget after rappelling in can cause rubberbanding.
  
• Fixed - L/R camera sweeps in 1st person while performing an action will trigger an instant orientation
  
• Fixed - Operators can fall through the map or remain stuck when rappelling too closely to a structure.
  
• Fixed - Moving around in prone stance while leaning makes no sound.
  
• Fixed - User loses controls of their drone if it is the last to get destroyed during the preparation phase.

OPERATORS
BLACKBEARD

• Fixed - Blackbeard run speed does not decrease when his rifle shield is equipped.
  
• Fixed - When player rappels with Rifle-Shield, the head is misplaced in third-person view compared to first-person view.

CAPITAO

• Fixed - Fire from Capitao's bolts will fail to propagate if dart is shot at side of beams of destroyed floors/ceilings.

GLAZ

• Fixed - EOR replay + killcam doesn't mirror Glaz scope effect intensity during the kill.
  
• Fixed - After ADSing repeatedly, Glaz light intensity indicators on his scope can sometimes be white in color.
  
• Fixed - Glaz's Thermal scope in support mode stays at 100% vision regardless of Glaz's motion; when an ally dies, leaves and reconnects.

LESION

• Fixed - Lesion's Gu mines are invisible when deployed.

MAESTRO

• Fixed - Visual desync between Maestro's evil eye and actual position if it was moved during first moments of a Dokkaebi Logic Bomb.

NOKK

• Fixed - Nøkk and breach charge while rappelling causes issues when equipping.

SMOKE

• Fixed - Inconsistent gas/smoke propagation on broken floors and ceilings for Smoke.

WARDEN

• Fixed - Warden is unable to reinforce a wall or hatch when he is standing too close to it.
  
• Fixed - When Warden barricades right after activating his Smart Glasses, he does not need to hold the deploy key to complete the barricade.
  
• Fixed - Starting a tactical reload from sprinting will obstruct the player's view for a few frames.

YING

• Fixed - Ying's Candelas will fail to blind non-host players if they the candelas explode after a very short air time

VIGIL

• Fixed - Vigil gadget can't be deactivated when gauge dips below 20%.

LEVEL DESIGN
KAFE

• Fixed - Shooting a specific spot on Kafe can cause Attacker drones to be destroyed on release.
  
• Fixed - Defenders have a LoS to spawn point in EXT Park Alley in Kafe.
  
• Fixed - LOD issues after destroying the wall between the two rooms of 2F Pillar Room in Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Collision hitbox issues with the chandelier in 2F Mining Room of Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Various clipping issues on Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Various vault issues on Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Players can get into locations/objects they should not be able to access on Kafe .
  
• Fixed - Spawn kill spot in on Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Players can place 2 barricades in one doorway on 3F White Corridor of Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Operators can float between the Christmas tree and the Biohazard Container in 3F Cigar Lounge of Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Players can lay prone inside Cabinet of 3F Cigar Lounge of Kafe.
  
• Fixed - Echo's Yokai clips through christmas tree of Kafe after falling from the ceiling.
  
• Fixed - Old hatch location in 3F Bar Backstore of Kafe can still be reinforced.

BANK

• Fixed - Bank: Opaque white fog appears when an explosion occurs in the room.

HOUSE

• Fixed - Walking SFX is muffled on spot in 1F Lobby Stairs of House.

VILLA

• Fixed - Stained glass windows on Villa allow sound to propagate through when not broken.
  
• Fixed - Various lighting issues in Villa
  
• Fixed - LOD issue on window cover in 2F Red Stairs from 2F Classical Hall of Villa.

OUTBACK

• Fixed - Metallic sound can be heard while shooting the tires of any trailer truck on Outback.
  
• Fixed - Outback bomb sites shown on wrong floor of tactical map.
  

UX

• Fixed - IQ's gadget is not visible in the in-game menu (loadout, shop menu previews) or MVP screen.
  
• Fixed - The Volcano skin doesn't apply to SASR weapons.
  
• Fixed - Outdated thumbnail for Smoke and Nokk's holographic sight.
  
• Fixed - Jammer effects sometimes stay stuck on the caster's screen.
  
• Fixed - Vsync disabled on player HUB.
  
• Fixed - Floating operator gadgets when searching for a game from the player HUB.
  
• Fixed - Visual glitches + clipping for various Operators while performing some actions.
  
• Fixed - Title screen optimization for ultra-wide screen resolution dimensions.
  
• Fixed - 'ESC' key input is triggered twice when the chat box is open.
  
• Fixed - Operator bundles disappear when purchases are made from the 1st party store.
  
• Fixed - Loss of functionality can occur after navigating through charms in the in-game shop.
  
• Fixed - Clipping issue with Bandit Axle 13 uniform.
  
• Fixed - Clipping issue with vaulting with the shield on the back.
  
• Fixed - In loadout, Nokk's weapon stays on the screen even when viewing other ops.
  
• Fixed - Clipping issue with some operator hands when rejecting Dokkabi's calls.
  
• Fixed - Vaulting with the shield on the back results in the shield clipping the operator.
  
• Fixed - Recruit has Fuze's default green ballistic shield skin instead the black ballistic shield skin. It's good to return things after you're done borrowing them.

DROPSHOTTING
We're aware that players can dropshot with the season update and are working on a fix to be released during the season.

BANDIT AND MUTE ELITE SET ISSUES
On consoles, the Elite Bandit Chibi charm and Mute’s SMG-11 Royal Fusiliers weapon skin will be temporarily unavailable at Year 4 Season 2’s launch.

For players who own them, the rest of the Bandit and Mute Elite sets will function normally. However, if the charm or the weapon skin is equipped, it will not show up in the game. They will only be visible in your menu inventory.

The Elite Bandit and Mute sets will be temporarily removed from our Console shops until the issues are fixed in the Y4S2.1 patch. They will once again be unlockable after the patch.