Ubisoft has announced the first details of the first season of Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 which is called Crimson Heist. The new season brings a brand-new operator Flores to the game. Flores hails from Argentina and joins the ever-expanding roster of Rainbow Six Siege in the Year 6b Season 1. Apart from the new operator, the season will also add an entirely reworked Border map and additional features including new Elite skins. Ubisoft also detailed what it has in store for the future of the title.
Crimson Heist is the first season of Rainbow Six Siege Year 6 and in it, players will discover a brand-new attacked Flores. Flores comes equipped with an original gadget called the RCE or the Ratero Charge, With the help of this gadget, Flores can deploy a remote-controlled explosive device at his feet and drive it through the map for a limited period of time. Once the timer is up or Flores decides to blow it up, it will arm itself, become bulletproof and once the fuze timer is over, it will detonate in a powerful explosion. Apart from this, Flores comes with an AR33 or an SR-25 as a primary weapon and GSH-18 as a secondary weapon.
Apart from Flores, players will also get access to a reimagined Border map which has been reworked with an interior balcony connecting the east staircase to the Break room. The bathroom has been extended as well and it is now connected to the Tellers. The new map will offer players a new challenging environment with some entry blocked, a reduced number of destructible walls, and an additional outside staircase. A brand-new gadget called ‘Gonne-6’ is also arriving in the new season.
This new weapon does little damage to soft walls and Operators however it should fight the torments of the ’20 second meta’ and the defense favored meta present in Year 5. Additional updates present in the Future of Siege will be implemented in Crimson Heist Test Server to get feedback from players which include Match Replay Beta and Streamer Mode. The Elite Skin for Kali will arrive today in the game as well along with the test server which is also going live today.
With Rainbow Six Siege now over 6 years old, Ubisoft also went over its plans for the Future of Siege. The developer detailed that the continuous support and additions to the game from the studio in the past years will continue in Year 6 and onward with core gameplay changes coming throughout the year, new tools to encourage positive behavior, quality of life improvements, and a comprehensive Year 6 roadmap, unveiling the nationality of the new Operators and the reworked maps.
Year 5 added many new features to the game and Year 6 will follow its suit and add even more new features to the game. After Crimson Heist, Season 2 will introduce an Operator from the Nakoda Nations and a rework of the map Favela. Season 3 will bring operators from Croatia and it will also feature some reworked maps. The final Operator of the year will be from Ireland and the reworked map will be Outback.
Ubisoft also announced plenty of updates and features coming to the game which we have detailed below:
Player Behaviour
A first version of the Reputation System has been shadow tested in the past new season, running in the background but not visible for players. The goal of this tool is to encourage positive behavior within the game by rewarding players with a positive impact on the game with in-game content, while punishing toxicity by limiting access to ranked playlist for instance. This tool will be transparent for players in order to inform them how to increase their scores and adapt their behavior. This tool will launch during Year 6.
As they are an essential part of the community, a streamer mode has been designed for content creators to control their anonymity when playing. This tool will allow them to hide their name, region and ping, hide everyone else in the match, include a hidden matchmaking delay, hide their current clearance level and profile image. A first version of this tool will be available in the Crimson Heist Test Server.
Core Gameplay Updates
A new secondary weapon is coming to Rainbow Six Siege – the Gonne-6. This one-bullet secondary weapon can destroy any bulletproof gadget and adds an extra loadout option to players, opening new tactical possibilities. The first version of the Gonne-6 will be available in the Crimson Heist test server for operators Glaz, Dokkaebi, Lion, Finka, Gridlock, Amaru, Iana and Zero.
Players will now be able to control cameras and gadgets after their death. This change has been made to intensify the support phase in a game, and make sure players that are out can better help their team. This feature is planned to release later in Year 6.
To balance Attack and Defense, the Attackers will now have the possibility to change their Operators and loadout as many times as they want in the preparation phase, making scouting even more tactical and offering many new tactical possibilities. This feature is planned to release later in Year 6.
To conclude the gameplay updates, Armor will now be switch to Health, for players to have a better understanding on how much damage they can take. This feature is planned for Year 6.
Quality of Life
In addition, quality of life improvements are planned during Year 6: DDoS attacks, already down by 90% this year, will still be a major focus to improve players’ experience. The technical team is working closely with our partner Microsoft Azure to keep reducing matchmaking time and to improve servers’ stability. Lastly, the development team is making a strong effort to reduce the game size in general. This is an ongoing effort already running and that will be more and more visible for players this whole year.
Customization
In Year 6, players will now have more customization options for their Operators: players will be able to adapt Elite skins and to add other gears in the outfit for a full customized set.
The game is also getting Resident Evil series skins as part of a new partnership between Capcom and Ubisoft. As part of this partnership, an Elite skin of Resident Evil series veteran Jill Valentine Elite will be available for Zofia, with additional Resident Evil x Rainbow Six skins coming in Year 6. Ubisoft is also teaming up with Creative Director Ikumi Nakamura for a series of skins starting with Echo and Dokkaebi releasing on March 2, 2021.
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