Rainbow Six Siege’s substantial February update may still be green and fresh, but Ubisoft is already looking towards the future. The studio has released the preliminary patch notes for Siege’s first Year 4 update which should go live next month.
Rainbow Six Siege Y4S1 Update
Ubisoft posted the update’s patch notes over on the official Rainbow Six Siege website. According to what Ubisoft posted, the update specifically addresses operators like Ash, Capitao, Maverick, Clash, Lesion, and Dokkaebi. The update also provides some minor buffs for attacker breaching charges, making them safer to use.
Lastly, Ubisoft used the patch notes post to comment on other game aspects it is looking into. The studio says it plans on reworking deployable shields as well as the aim-down-sight speed for all shield-based operators. Operators like Lion, Glaz, and Blitz will also be tweaked in future updates.
The Y4S1 update will herald the launch of Siege’s Operation Burnt Horizon. Ubisoft also noted that the Y4S1 update will be tested on Siege’s PC testing server first. Therefore, the below patch notes are subject to change before the update’s full launch.
Y4S1 Preliminary Patch Notes
Ash
- Removed ACOG from RC-4
Maverick
- Increased swap time between SURI Torch and weapons
Dokkaebi
- After 18 seconds, phone calls from Dokkaebi will hang up on their own
- Being in range of Mute jammers will prevent Dokkaebi from calling you
- Walking into range of Mute jammers will hang up phone calls during the call
Capitao
- Increasing area of effect size for asphyxiation bolts
- Reducing damage per tick from 19 to 12
Clash
- Removed Muzzle Brake on Machine Pistol
Lesion
- Reduced Gu Mine damage perk tick from 8 to 4
Breaching Charges
- Deployment animation is much faster
- Damage on Attacker’s side is reduced from 150 to 50
- Damage area of effect on Defender side is increased
- Lethal damage area of effect on Defender side is reduced