Ubisoft have reversed plans to exchange the $40 Standard Edition of Rainbow Six Siege with one which value $20 extra however supplied just some virtuacash and some of the brand new cosmetic-only loot crates in return. This $60 ‘Advanced Edition’ didn’t appear a superb deal and, with Ubisoft having managed to rebuild and enhance Siege to develop into an precise hit, it appeared daft to make the sport much less welcoming. Well, having announced the worth hike on Thursday, by Friday Ubisoft had been satisfied that it was a foul thought and adjusted their minds. The Standard Edition will keep.
So! The Advanced Edition, remains to be coming, containing the sport plus 600 Rainbow Six Credits (offered individually for about £four), which is the paid microtransaction forex current alongside a virtuacash earned by taking part in, plus ten Outbreak Packs.
These are upcoming loot crates containing purely beauty objects, which might be offered for 300 R6 Credits – so for about £2 in actual cash, mainly. Items embody new weapon skins, hats, uniforms, charms, and so forth. Ubisoft do say gamers won’t get duplicates of the Outbreak objects as they open packs, however that’s nonetheless a worse possibility than simply letting individuals purchase precisely which objects they need.
Anyway! They won’t railroad new gamers into shopping for the Advanced Edition.
“For our newcomers and those of you concerned about introducing your friends to the game, we will be keeping the Standard Edition in the store at the current price,” Ubisoft mentioned in a post on Reddit on Friday night.
The worth of the Complete Edition will nonetheless go up, thoughts, as it should embody the Year three season go as properly now.
It seems like Ubi additionally recognise that Siege’s cheaper Starter Edition is trash. This is the model which prices solely £12/$15 however takes far longer to unlock new characters, which makes it initially appear an effective way in however then simply terrible.
“We recognize that this has been a point of frustration for new players,” Ubisoft say, “as well as existing players bringing their friends into the game, and have been working on how to make this process more fluid.”
It is bizarre how Ubisoft do some elements of Siege so properly then muck up others. A gentle string of updates, enhancements, and additions (partially supported by the sale of season passes immediately unlocking the brand new characters) have really improved the game, making it one of many most-played video games on Steam (and due to this fact PC). Steam’s public concurrent participant counts over the previous day present it’s behind solely Plunkbat, Dota, CS, and GTA V – esteemed firm. And then they make garbage editions and loot crates and ugh. I assume The Suits in administration are handing down some unhealthy selections down from on excessive and the dev crew simply need to attempt to make it work.
As an apology for the Standard/Advanced foolishness, Ubisoft will give the upcoming Ash Sidewinder Elite pores and skin without cost to everybody who performs a web based match by March sixth.
Oh, and Outbreak itself? That mysterious new cooperative mode, set inside a small city quarantined resulting from a mysterious infestation, is coming alongside the Year three Season 1 replace. It’ll be obtainable for 4 weeks. I consider the replace launches March 6.
