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New in-game event: M.U.T.E. Protocol

NEW IN-GAME EVENT: M.U.T.E. PROTOCOL

The future may or may not be here, but one thing’s for certain: technology is changing. Mute has taken control of the Comm Tower, but dissenting forces are itching to take it back. In this all-new game, it’s robot against robot! Can you secure victory with gameplay modifiers thrown in the mix?

For two weeks starting August 4th, reinvent yourself with the M.U.T.E. Protocol!

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PLAYABLE OPERATORS

For this event, most Operators will be available to play, with a few exceptions for gameplay reasons that deal with drones and cameras. We’ll explain in a moment but know that for the playable characters with customization exclusive to this event, their robotic appearances will be automatically equipped.

RULES OF THE EVENT

Whether or not you’re used to playing Secure Area, you’ll probably find this game mode quite unique. For starters, Attackers will have to secure not one, but two areas. Divide or unite your tactics accordingly, because Defenders will have to protect twice as many objectives!

However, the special thing about this event is the Operators’ use of technology. On the attacking side, you’ll be able to switch between Operator and Drone forms by entering and exiting Observation Tools. This means that while you’re controlling your drone, your Operator is nowhere to be seen. Then, when you switch back, your Operator will be where your drone was. You cannot control your teammates’ drones, but if you’re eliminated in Drone form, you’ll respawn in Operator form.

On the defending side, you can use indestructible cameras to travel digitally. Opening Observation Tools will make your Operator enter the network and exiting them will make the Operator appear in front of the last controlled camera. Navigate those electronic pathways, and victory could be yours!

THE COLLECTION

The M.U.T.E. Protocol event comes with its own Collection of 26 items, featuring exclusive customization for Jackal, Lion, Ying, Kapkan, Mira, Mute, Oryx and Vigil. These high-tech stylings are the same you’ll find in-game by picking these Operators to play the Event. Inside the packs, you’ll also find some signature items, including the event’s signature weapon skin, exclusive to this Collection.

You can earn M.U.T.E Protocol packs through a special Event Challenge. You can also purchase packs for 300 R6 Credits or 12500 Renown each in the Packs section of the Home screen.

We have been listening to the community’s requests, so each Operator’s exclusive, time-limited customization items are also available for purchase as Bundles in the Shop section for 1680 R6 Credits each. Year Pass owners can purchase bundles and packs for a 10% rebate.

For more information about the M.U.T.E. Protocol event, follow us on Twitter.

Rainbow Six Siege goes cyberpunk for the MUTE Protocol, starting tomorrow

Rainbow Six Siege is heading to the future and getting soaked in retro sci-fi neon this month, as part of the new MUTE Protocol event, running for a limited time in August. The Rainbow Six Siege MUTE Protocol release date is set for August 4, and the event will continue through August 17. A new trailer gives us a brief look at the LTM.


The new game mode takes place on a reskinned Tower map, as a team of defenders tries to keep a team of attackers from hacking a server. Attackers have to secure too areas, and can swap back and forth between Operator and Drone forms. Defenders, meanwhile, can teleport around the map by digitising themselves into indestructible cameras.


41 Operators will be playable in the event - a few are excluded for "gameplay reasons" - and Jackal, Lion, Ying, Kapkan, Mira, Mute, Oryx, and Vigil all get special, sci-fi-themed cosmetics as part of the event collection. (As with pretty much every big Siege update, this all matches up with earlier leaks.)


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Rainbow Six Siege update 2.3's new release time confirmed following delay

July 29, 2020 Ubisoft has now confirmed the new Rainbow Six Siege patch, Y5S2.3, will launch today, July 29, at 06:20 PT / 09:20 ET / 14:20 BST, following 20 minutes of downtime. Original story follows.


Rainbow Six Siege's new 2.3 update has been delayed, Ubisoft has announced just minutes after it was due to launch. The patch was due to go live today, July 28, but will no longer do so "due to unforeseen circumstances".


Ubisoft announced the news at 07:20 PT / 10:20 ET / 15:20 BST, precisely one hour after the new update was due to go live on PC. Instead, the patch will now land "at a later date".


As we previously reported, three operators are getting buffed in the Y5S2.3 patch. Firstly, Fuze will now be able to carry four cluster charges, up from the current total of three, a change Ubisoft hopes will lead to Fuze players using "those resources more aggressively". Gridlock, meanwhile, will see the deployment time of her trax stingers increase from 13 seconds to nine seconds, with some other tweaks to mitigate that buff.


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Y5S2.3 PATCH NOTES



Y5S2.3 will release the week of July 27th for PC.

UPDATES


[h2]IN-GAME NOTIFICATIONS[/h2]
Some updates to the notifications system to help make future popups less spammy.

[h2]APAC 2SV[/h2]
After August 11, 2020, 2-Step Verification will be mandatory for ranked on PC in APAC. If you have not activated 2SV prior to this date you will be locked out of the Ranked queue until 2SV is activated on your account.

Go activate 2SV under the account management section at https://account.ubisoft.com!

[h2]GAMEPLAY UPDATES[/h2]
For more information on balancing changes, see our Designer's Notes.

[h2]BALANCING[/h2]

[h3]GRIDLOCK[/h3]

If you've ever stepped on a Lego...this hurts worse.

By making her gadget a bit more enjoyable to use, we're looking to make Gridlock players' lives a bit easier.

  • Lowered Gridlock's Caltrop deployment time to 9s (down from 13s).
  • Lowered the individual Caltrops deployment time to 0.45s (down from 0.7s).
  • Lowered the range of random deploy variation to 0.05s (down from 0.1s).
  • Added a delay of 0.45s before the deployment sequence starts (previously no delay).


[h3]ORYX[/h3]

The Rainbow 🐐 has goat to dash.

We want to let Oryx make more use of his dash, and added mobility and durability will hopefully make him a bit more fun to play.

  • Using his dash through a soft wall will not deplete all the dash charges.
  • Increased Dash refresh time to 12s (up from 8s).
  • Dash recovery time for all dashes is now 0.5s. (Previous recovery times: soft wall = 1s, enemy = 0.7s).


[h3]FUZE[/h3]

Hide the hostages! Giving Fuze a bit more presence and utility with an additional charge.

  • Increased the number of cluster charges to 4 (up from 3)


[h2]GAMEPLAY[/h2]

[h3]PUSHBACK MECHANICS[/h3]

To maintain consistency with softwall interactions, we're giving enemies that are pushed through walls the same feedback as when Oryx dashes through them.

When pushed through a wall by Nomad's airjabs or Oryx's dash, players will receive the same feedback and rtake the same damage (5 hp) as when Oryx dashes through a soft wall.

[h2]BUG FIXES[/h2]
  • FIXED – Missing anchoring decals from Ace's SELMA.
  • FIXED – Ace's SELMA can get stuck when thrown in a certain way at some beams, becoming unrecoverable.
  • FIXED – While grappling through a window or hatch, Amaru can aim faster with her LMG if she times her sprint and ADS buttons just prior to landing.
  • FIXED – IQ's gadget will not display the outline and distance of Melusi's Banshees.
  • FIXED – Zofia's concussion grenades are impacted by external explosions and can bounce away from the target location.
  • FIXED – Flattening the doorframes and windows on all maps.
  • FIXED – Floating and indestructible wooden squares after destroying some walls on Yacht.
  • FIXED – Gunshot sounds are muffled when shooting from inside 1F Technical Seating of Plane.
  • FIXED – Various menu/UI fixes.
  • FIXED – Various cosmetics fixes.
  • FIXED – Various Lighting issues on maps.
  • FIXED – Various shop visual and cosmetic fixes.
  • FIXED – (PvE) Interaction between Ace's gadget and AI.

Rainbow Six Siege is buffing Fuze, Gridlock, and Oryx in the next patch

Three Rainbow Six Siege operators are getting buffed in the upcoming patch, with the hope of having them picked more frequently in both casual and top ranked play. Fuze, Gridlock, and Oryx will all see notable buffs in patch 2.3, according to a new Designer's Notes post.


Attacker Fuze will have his total number of cluster charges increased from three to four. Ubisoft says this will hopefully encourage Fuze players to be less conservative with the ability. "We suppose that Fuze mains are trying to optimise their charges and may sometimes be reluctant to deploy them," the Siege team writes. "By increasing the number of Cluster Charges, we would like players to use those resources more aggressively."


Gridlock, another attacker, has a similarly low in-game presence right now. Patch 2.3 will increase the deployment speed of her Trax Stingers from 13 seconds to nine seconds, decrease the deployment time for individual Caltrops (from 0.7 seconds to 0.45 seconds), and adds a small delay before the Trax Stingers begin deploying (0.45 seconds, up from no delay). Ubisoft doesn't believe these changes will do much to increase her presence or win delta, but that together they should make her gadget "more comfortable to use." The team plans to be watching to see if the changes have an impact on how she's played.


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