Ubisoft has deployed a new update to Rainbow Six Siege’s test server, and as of this writing those playing on PC can try out the update’s changes for themselves. In terms of new content, the latest update doesn’t really have much to offer, but what it does offer is a tweak which should make things easier for those who prefer to play as the operators Pulse and Montagne.
As you can see in the below patch notes, the update isn’t terribly large, but it makes a number of tweaks that longtime players should appreciate. On PC, for example, players can now enable or disable the ability to scroll through available weapons with their mouse, a feature which has been oft-requested ever since Siege first launched. As for Pulse and Montagne, their respective abilities can now be toggled on and off, freeing players up to perform other tasks without having to stop using their ability.
In other Rainbow Six Siege news, Ubisoft recently shared a number of useful tips for upping your competitive Siege skills. However, there’s a vocal minority of fans who’d rather Ubisoft focused on turning the game’s Terrorist Hunt mode into a worthwhile training tool.
Gameplay Changes
- There is now a toggle activated by default for Montagne and Pulse’s special abilities
- Updated: Placing a deployable shield perpendicular near a window will no longer block the vault action for some windows in progress
- Updated: Glaz’s OTs-03 bullets can no longer penetrate Castle’s barricade (Glaz will not be able to destroy barricades with his OTs-03, as intended)
- Enabling/Disabling Mouse scrolling inputs for weapon swap is no longer missing from control settings
Bug fixes
- Fixed – Mavericks blowtorch makes no sound on the first use on a wall.
- Fixed – Clash is not able to use Observation Tool while shield is extended
- Fixed – An LOD allows players on the Spitfire Courtyard roofs to see behind a corrugated steel wall through a 3rd floor window of Hereford Base
- Fixed – Equipping a shield drops the fps by 10-20 on Hereford Base
- Fixed – The FPS in Hereford Base Map Rework is unstable.
- Fixed – Instead of disappearing when Echo’s Yokai hover drone is disabled, the “Jump” button appears greyed out
- Fixed – Maestro’s gadget is vulnerable when placed on certain destructible surfaces and the surface is broken, specifically small pinstripe carpets
- Fixed – Players can’t pick up Rook’s armor plates if the armor bag is deployed on a kettle in 3F Cigar Lounge in Kafe
- Fixed – The Mouse Scrolling Wheel Functionality can’t be disabled (*it can now be disabled)
- Fixed – While prone, using melee and standing up will switch the knife animation to shield.
- Fixed – End of round timer does not stop when initiating the defuser plant at the last moment
- Fixed – If Buck mounts Tachanka’s LMG Turret with the Skeleteton Key on and leaves, no interaction can be made with the turret afterwards
- Fixed – The Bulletproof camera can’t be access by pressing Secondary Gadget button while you are in prone stance
- Fixed – The caster is able to mute the voice chat of the player during a match by pressing tab