Rainbow Six Siege Patch Notes 1.87

Ubisoft today released Steel Wave Update 5.2 for Rainbow SixSiege We have the full patch notes for this update on June 16.

Rainbow Six Siege Update 1.87/ 5.2 is now available for download for PS4, Xbox One and PC. With this update a lot of new content is added, there are balance modifications and bug fixes.

You need to download and install a total of 5.8 GB, depending on the platform, the size of the download may differ.

Rainbow Six Siege Update 1.87/ 5.2

MAP REWORK: HOUSE

At last, House has actually gone through some significant restorations and is all set for moremayhem While we made every effort to keep this map as casual as possible, we still felt there were some things we required to change in order for it to be well balanced.

The first item we need to go over is the size of the house itself. With this rework, not just have some of the existing locations been made larger, we also added a completely new area on the South side, with 2 spaces on each floor and a staircase to link them. With this new space, everybody will have more space to move and breathe, however we were also able to add a new Bomb website in TELEVISION Space and Music Space.

Numerous other locations have changed, however 3 required special attention. Garage has actually been revamped, with just one of its doors being destructible and a new barrier being added to give a various access option, while still making a Defuser plant harder. What was as soon as Workshop is now an ended up Women’ Space with a connected walk-in closet. Lines of sight have actually been reduced on the North side of the building, with the main door being obstructed off and the shuttered window changed with a corridor.

As you play this new version of a traditional map, you’ll see some other things. The Living & & Training Bomb website has actually been removed in favor of Bedroom & & Boys’ Space. A lot of floorings are now breakable, so vertical play will be a lot more practical. Some hatches have actually been added or moved. In general, we used our vision of competitive maps while keeping it enjoyable and making it much safer.

AMARU CHANGES

While Amaru has actually constantly been vibrant and acrobatic, she hasn’t constantly been as unforeseeable as we wanted her to be. This season, we wish to give her the tools she requires to meet her role with a couple of tweaks.

While her hook animations and timings will be smoother, what’s truly crucial to point out is that from now on, she will just break barriers when she goes through them (although her hook will still break the glass on a window), and she will no longer need to break a hatch before going up, as she will breach it in the action itself.

SECONDARY GIZMO: PROXIMITY ALARM

Our brand name new secondary gizmo is all set and lastly fine-tuned to be used on the field. This thrown sticky gizmo is an important intel-gathering tool, and it works just also for anchors as it does for roamers.

The Proximity Alarm’s small size makes it simple to place in an area where assailants may not see them as they browse their way to the goal, making it all the more simple for Protectors to capitalize on the turmoil that occurs when the alarm goes off.

UNIFIED MMR & & CHAMPIONS RANK

A big change is pertaining to our Matchmaking Rankingsystem In order to avoid matchmaking abuses while changing areas, we will be altering to merged MMRs for each playlist. This implies that you will not have various MMRs depending on the region you playin Your matchmaking ranking will remain different in various playlists.

For those of you who strive or are to be in the Champions rank, this change will in fact cause the Champions’ leaderboard to be around the world, making it all the more challenging to reach that leading area. Furthermore, we want to strengthen that the idea that Champions is not just about skills however also about commitment, so a minimum of 100 matches is now required to get the rank, on top of the 5000 MMR threshold.

OPERATOR BALANCING

CLASH

• Clash’s SMG will switch from having a red dot to using the reflex’s green triangle.

ECHO

• Removed the camera shake effect from from Yokai’s concussion results.
• Length of concussion effect is no longer impacted by motion. Now has a fixed period of 10 s and the strength of the vision disturbance stays fixed throughout the effect.
• Changed the Deployable Shield with Effect Grenades.

FINKA

• Increased base hp to 30 (from 5) for colleagues restored by Finka’s Nanoboost. DBNO Players will stand up with 50 hp (30 from own base hp + 20 from Finka boost).

KAID

• Added LFP586 secondary to loadout.

KALI

• Reduced LV Dynamite Lance’s fuse time to 1.5 s (down from 2.5 s).
• Improved CSRX 300 recoil through reduced weapon climb after each shot.
• Replaced P22 Mk5 with SPSMG9 in loadout.

WANDERER

• Added PRB92 secondary weapon to loadout.

ORYX

When rushing through walls to 5 (down from 10),
• Reduced damage taken.
• Bulletproof Camera changed with new Proximity Alarm secondary gizmo.
• Added angled grip option to Oryx’s MP5.

ELA, ZOFIA

• Removed the mouse perceptiveness modifier from concussion effect of the Bosak siblings’ gizmos.

YING

• Removed a Candela to bring it down to 3 (from 4 Candelas).– Changed for PC on 04-30-2020

TWEAKS & & IMPROVEMENTS

GAME BALANCING

AIR CONDITIONING12 NEW SLUG BULLET TYPE

There was formerly a continuous bug that permitted the AIR CONDITIONING12 to do excessive damage too rapidly We have actually provided the AIR CONDITIONING12 a new slug bullet type that should make damage more regulated and in line with our designintentions We’ll test it on the PC Test Server first, so please leave us your feedback!

PLAYER CONVENIENCE

UPDATES TO PLAYLIST GUIDES

We have actually made some upgrades to the Playlist Guides. The Ranked Guide will now show the current season and you will still have the ability to see all the ranked appeal rewards, along with your previous highest rank for the past 3 seasons.

Map rotations for Quickmatch will turn immediately 3 times per season, and the current map pool information will be shown in the Playlist guides.

AUDIO LOCALIZATIONS

Localization recordings for the new Operators Ace + Melusi will not be available in Russian and french for the seasonrelease Even when the audio settings are set to French/Russian, players will hear the English voiceovers. Up until this is updated, players can turn on the subtitles for Ace + Melusi up until the game is updated with localized voices at a later date.

The Japanese localized voiceovers for Frost and Capitao have actually been updated to be more in line with the current Operators.

GAME HEALTH

MATCH CANCELLATION

Match Cancellation is a new feature that will allow players to cancel their current Ranked match under the condition that team sizes are out of balance at the start of the match (eg: if players detach before the first round, or if a lobby is formed with less than 10 players). The Match Cancellation vote option will end up being available for the insufficient team during the preparation phase and a bulk vote will cancel thematch A canceled match will show as canceled and have no effect on MMR.

Abandon penalties are still in place and players who desert a continuous Ranked Match are still based on intensifying desert sanctions.

If a match cancellation vote is triggered, leaving before the recognition of the Match Cancellation vote will also result in a desertpenalty Players should remain in the game up until the Match Cancellation vote is verified and the game has actually been canceled.

The Match Cancellation feature will first release to the seasonal TS for screening and will go live later on in the season.

CHANGES TO RANKED CLEARANCE LEVEL AND CHAMP RANK REQUIREMENTS

• Ranked clearance level changed from 30 to 50.
• To reach Champ Rank, players need to have 5000 MMR and in addition, they now need to have played at least 100 ranked matches in the current season.

As talked about in our Top Issues blog site, the goal of these changes is to make Ranked less available to cheaters. By combo-ing increased clearance level requirements for Ranked together with the PvE XP level cap, we can do more to much better gate-keep and secure the Ranked environment from cheaters. The extra Champ Rank requirements will also help us in that consider it will avoid cheaters from attempting to fast- hack their way into the leaderboards.

BENCHMARKING UPDATE

Improved Benchmarking Tool to provide comprehensive performance reports about player’s hardware specifications and graphics settings. Please keep in mind that the worths may vary from before as benchmarking is now carried out on the map Oregon instead of House.

Rainbow Six Siege Update 1.87 June 16 BALANCING

Y5S2.1 UPDATE

During the Steel Wave test server period we got a number of feedback demands for balancing tweaks to the new Operators. After assessing feedback from players, and data from the TS, we plan to make a couple of balancing changes to the new operators with the 2.1patch The changes will not enter into effect up until the Y5S2.1 update.

Melusi– Coming in Y5S2.1

• Reducing the penalty zone by around 33%.
• Reducing the sound of Banshee effect in first individual POV.

Ace & & Hibana– Coming in Y5S2.1

• Get rid of the possibility of ruining Outlaw’s Batteries through supports, by positioning the charges on the floor.

MELUSI

• Change her deployable shield with C4.

After re– assessing a number of current game– meta and gameplay aspects, we made the decision to switch out Melusi’s deployable shields for C4 to avoid putting additional pressure on enemies and particular aggressor energy.

AIR CONDITIONING12

• Increased the damage from 41 to59 Increased ADS Speed.
• Increase the AIR CONDITIONING12 RPM to 300 RPM.

Enthusiast to the AIR CONDITIONING12’s damage to make it a bit more practical than it iscurrently ADS speed should also now match other weapons of the very same classification. on release, the AIR CONDITIONING12 had 300 RPM, and it was decreased by a later balancing change. With this change together with the change to slugs, the 300 RPM should not have issues with damage.

UPDATES

EMPLOYEE

Now has an ACOG. This is where all the lost ACOGs went.

AUDIO LOCALIZATIONS UPDATE

French localized audio for Ace and Melusi will be available in FR at launch. RU localizations are still not available.

WEAPON ACCESSORIES

Accessory system updates allow for accessory skins and easier loadout balancing.

METAL DETECTORS

Change to metal detector SFX and activation on Bank, Kanal + Border.

• Now plays a brief 3– sec alarm before stopping.
• Just one alarm can be dipped into a time.
• No cooldown on the alarm trigger.

This fixes an issue where alarm cooldowns implied that players might cross metal detector barriers several times without an alarm sounding (if it was already triggered formerly and on cooldown).

HOUSE

Added a leading window blocker and bars to the wall facing treehouse to allow players to shoot through, however players will not have the ability to rappel in through that window.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED– AIR CONDITIONING12’s slugs deal no damage from ranges higher than 40 m.
• FIXED– M4 reload animation and audio are a little out of sync.
• FIXED– AK12 reload animation and audio are out of sync.

When particles flies next to players,

• FIXED– FPS drops.

When bending,

• FIXED– Bulletproof Camera casing still releases after canceling.
• FIXED– Deployable shields (and Goyo’s Vulcan) have pick–up top priority over other throwable gizmos. Gizmos should have the ability to be chosen up in the order of most just recently released.
• FIXED– Players can often vault into another operator under particular scenarios.
• FIXED– Secure Area’s Biohazard container hitbox is too large.
• FIXED– Shield operators hugging a strengthened wall can avoid the implementation of hard– breach gizmos on the strengthened wall’s inner layer (such as Thermite’s breach charge and Mira’s Black Mirror).
• FIXED– Effect grenades and Zofia’s grenades blow up on aggressor instead of on the aggressor’s ballistic shield if they are sprinting/walking sometimes of effect.
• FIXED– Unbiased discovery is not triggered when taking a look at it indirectly from the edge of the screen and FOV settings are above 60.
• FIXED– ADS appears zoomed out for some sights on the P10 Roni.
• FIXED– Captive will enter into DBNO instead of dying as meant, if an explosive gizmo is detonated near the captive.

OPERATORS

• FIXED– Unusual gunshot SFX with T–95 LSW.

When using particular weapons and accessories,

• FIXED– Missing Out On VFX. (e.g.: Using the M12 + Muzzle Brake just yields huge shimmers instead of muzzle flash + smoke).

When carrying out specific motions for various operators,

• FIXED– Various minor animation issues.
• FIXED– Various minor visual fixes and updates for assistance mode and death replays.
• FIXED– Various visual fixes for operators and their gizmos.

ACE

• FIXED– Ace’s SELMA does not destroy Barbed Wire on the first surge.
• FIXED– Ace’s SELMA can stick onto a Black Mirror red container, triggering the animation to be incorrectly orientated.
• FIXED– Ace does not getting points after ruining a deployable protector gizmo with SELMA.

MELUSI

• FIXED– Melusi’s Banshees should have the very same surge resistance as Master’s Evil Eyes. Currently have extremely low surge resistance.

AMARU

When the gizmo activation icon is available,
• FIXED– Amaru often can not reel to a hatch even.
• FIXED– Amaru’s Garra Hook is not connecting effectively with the expected frame points on skylights.
• FIXED– Amaru can use her Garra Launcher on the obstructed window at EXT Tree House of House.
• FIXED– Small smoke VFX at the corners where Amaru’s Garra Hook connects to the corners of the window frame.
• FIXED– Amaru’s reeling SFX is distorted/missing in replays.

OUTLAW

• FIXED– Floor particles and partly harmed strengthened hatches can avoid Outlaw from releasing his gizmo.

CAPITAO

When darts are shot under some furnishings assets,
• FIXED– Fire does not propagate effectively.

ECHO

• FIXED– Shock Drones and Yokai can shoot operators through normal barriers and Castle barriers. They will no longer have the ability to do so.

If Thatcher utilizes his EMP anywhere on the map,

• FIXED– Yokai’s camera POV will gray out and lose color.
• FIXED– Echo’s Yokai can often clip through thin ceilings on maps and see onto the roofs in assistance mode.

FINKA

When using the last adrenal rise charge,
• FIXED– Missing out on VFX timer on Finka’s thumb gizmo gauge.

FUZE

• FIXED– Operators can take damage and even die when standing next to a detonating cluster charge even if they are not in the cluster charge AOE.

GLAZ

When fully charged,
• FIXED– Glaz’s thermal scope supplies no presence through smoke even. The yellow emphasize is still noticeable, however weaker than meant.
• FIXED– Glaz’s OTs-03 can be used with full performance while accompanying the Captive.

IANA

• FIXED– Iana’s hologram will trigger the shrapnel system.

SORE

When looking through a released GU Mine,
• FIXED– Sore can see through smoke.

LION

• FIXED– Lion’s EE– ONE– D can be hit and destroyed by weapon fire.

NOKK

• FIXED– When Nokk has her HEL Existence active and is harmed by Ace’s SELMA, the Glitching VFX will not be shown for anyone operating an Evil Eye or Bulletproof Camera.

MASTER

• FIXED– If Master leaves the game, his Evil Eye windows are not opening to 50% in their disabled state.

WARDEN

• FIXED– Warden is missing his signature reload animation with the SMG–12

YING

• FIXED– Ying’s candelas do not activate effectively after being thrown through an amazed, harmed wall.

ZOFIA

• FIXED– Effect and concussion grenades from Zofia’s gizmo at extremely close range do not impact enemy operators.

LEVEL DESIGN

If a player is AFK at spawn,
• FIXED– Doorways, reinforceable walls, and hatches on numerous maps are obstructed.
• FIXED– Various spawn kill/spawn peek chances on maps.
• FIXED– Glass resistance to gizmos for some map assets is broken.
• FIXED– Various collision issues on maps.
• FIXED– Various clipping/dynamic clipping issues on maps.
• FIXED– Various LOD issues on maps.
• FIXED– Various LOS issues on maps.
• FIXED– Various map asset damage issues.
• FIXED– Unnecessary/missing vault triggers on maps.
• FIXED– Various map asset issues.
• FIXED– Various lighting/texture issues on maps.

HOUSE

• FIXED– Spawning in 1F TELEVISION Space and 1F Music Space as spawn points for protectors on House results in 1 protector spawning at B Gym instead.
• FIXED– Players are not able to pick up Mozzie’s Vermin if they are released on the carpet covering the stairs in House.
• FIXED– Gizmos can be put in inaccessible locations of revamped House
• FIXED– Operators can climb inside the bookcase in 2F Checking Out Space of House.
• FIXED– A wall in 2F Pick Space of House can not be strengthened in Captive mode if player who spawns next to it does not move.
• FIXED– Attackers rappelling into the window of 2F back stairs of House remain in the air for a short minute due to a missing out on floor asset.
• FIXED– Protectors can block a reinforceable wall in 2F Car Space of House if they are AFK at spawn
• FIXED– Drones do not spawn near to the picked spawn location on House.
• FIXED– Small deployable gizmos can not be chosen up again when put on the armchair pillow in 2F Bedroom of House.
• FIXED– Drones can get stuck in between the stack of pipelines in front of building and construction on House.

BORDER

• FIXED– One of the hatches in the 2F Server Space of Border is not being totally destroyed and can leave collision that blocks players.

CHALET

• FIXED– Pixel peek from B Wine rack of Chalet.

CONSULATE

When thrown into interior garden at 1F Main Stairways of Consulate,
• FIXED– Alibi’s Prisma will not release.
• FIXED– Breaching charges can be put on unbreakable floor areas in 2F Corridor of Consulate.
• FIXED– Collision missing out on for Hibana’s X– Kairos pellets and the wood desk at 1F Lobby of Consulate.
• FIXED– Rappel point is improperly put for the skylight above 1F Main Stairways in Consulate.
• FIXED– Operators’ gizmos can get stuck in the flags on Consulate.

CLUBHOUSE

• FIXED– Planting the defuser in particular locations on the metal rack of B Arsenal Space in Clubhouse can problem the plant and cause enemies to lose the round.
• FIXED– Players can destroy the cardboard boxes in Snowmobile Garage on Chalet and conceal in the shadows.
• FIXED– Spinning in a particular area on Chalet can cause FPS drops for other players in the game.

SHORELINE

• FIXED– Attackers can conceal the defuser inside the closet at 2F Penthouse of Shoreline.

FAVELA

• FIXED– Gridlock’s Trax Stingers are releasing inside the cleaning machines of 1F Utility Room on Favela.

FORTRESS

• FIXED– Grenades and gizmos can get stuck under the football table in 2F Games Space in Fortress when thrown from specific angles.
• FIXED– In Fortress, when players shoot a Capitao dart in particular locations on the hood– extractor, the incendiary bolt will spark, however the fire will not propagate.
• FIXED– Issues with strengthening a wall in 2F Games Space of Fortress when one of the protectors is AFK.
• FIXED– Players can still get surprised through an unbreakable wall in 2F Shisha Corridor on Fortress.

HEREFORD

• FIXED– Players can conceal behind a target dummy inside a wood rack in 1F Garage of Hereford.

OREGON

• FIXED– Missing out on glass panels for some windows on Oregon.

KANAL

• FIXED– Players can get stuck inside the vents of EXT Forklift Street of Kanal after leaving rappel in between the space in the vents.
• FIXED– Echo’s Yokai drone can lose signal and stop reacting if released on top of the vents of 2F Printer Space in Kanal.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED– Various Menu UI enhancements.
• FIXED– Various minor cosmetic and shop UI fixes.
• FIXED– Various minor menu fixes and enhancements.
• FIXED– Various cosmetic fixes to beauties, uniforms, headgears.
• FIXED– Empty player cards noticeable in viewer mode if all observation tools are destroyed and player joins–in–progress
• FIXED– Drifting drones in assistance and caster mode.
• FIXED– Summaries of goals and some gizmos are often highlighted while in assistance mode after dying.
• FIXED– Various caster/spectator HUD updates and enhancements. Increased legibility of the player states on player cards.
• FIXED– Visual duplication issues from 3rd individual POV for operators leaving rappel from a roof.
• FIXED– Missing out on flash FX for players who are in assistance mode.

If a grip is equipped,

• FIXED– Defense clip through Protectors hands at spawn.
• FIXED– (PvE) Missing out on outside barriers at the start of Scenario 02.
• FIXED– (PvE) One bot can get stuck in front of the bar at 1F restaurant after the defuser is planted.
• FIXED– Accessories are unnoticeable on bots in PvE.
• FIXED– Players can not complete the “Kill one blinded enemy” goal in the second Scenario.
• FIXED– CPU Load shows 0% in the new advanced criteria results report.
• FIXED– ‘None’/’ Default’ options for accessories, beauties, headgear, and uniforms is missing out on.
• FIXED– The Discovery playlist is missing out on a name on some UI aspects in the main menu.
• FIXED– Limitless loading in the customized online game mode just
• FIXED– Giving Up a match during prep/ban phase will show a VISUAL ONLY deranking to Copper V for players who are already ranked.
• FIXED– Texture for black weapon accessory skin is darker on holographic/laser sights.

As you can see, this Rainbow Six Siege update 1.87 June 16 patch is a bigone While we may get another balance update soon, do not expect another patch this big unless it’s for a new Operation.

Source: Ubisoft