Ubisoft are planning a slew of operator reworks over the approaching months in an effort to carry just a few of the much less fashionable Rainbow Six Siege character into the game’s aggressive meta. We already knew that Thatcher was being focused for a gadget rework, nevertheless it seems that Lion, Frost, Castle, and even Glaz are additionally being focused for operator reworks.
Speaking with game designer Leroy Athanassoff on the Six Major Paris, we got a rundown of what adjustments to anticipate sooner or later. “Right now in the pipeline [for operator reworks] we have Castle, we have Thatcher, who is getting a step-by-step rework, we have Frost, and there is always a discussion about Tachanka, that is ongoing and complicated because it’s about more than the gameplay. At the top of my mind, those are the operators that we are focusing on. There is also Glaz and Lion…”
The Thatcher rework is already slated to launch alongside Operation Grim Sky, however the information that Castle, Frost, and Tachanka are priorities for the balancing group is nice information for followers of the game. Operators like Frost and Tachanka have by no means actually featured within the game’s aggressive meta so it will likely be fascinating to see what gadget tweaks the group plan to make. The point out of a Lion rework is very fascinating, as Lion launched in a really overpowered state with a big portion of the group complaining that his means didn’t match the gameplay of Rainbow Six Siege.
“We are not happy with the way he is tracking character models, it’s too similar to wall hacks and it’s something that only he does,” explains Athanassoff. “We want to move away from that in the future. Even if we have another intel-focused operator, we will never have [Lion’s] live-tracking in Rainbow Six Siege: it’s too similar to using wall hacks and it’s just not fun.”
So hopefully there shall be no extra live-tracked silhouettes in Rainbow Six Siege when the Lion rework ultimately comes out. Alibi and Jackal each have related devices that ping enemy places, so maybe Lion’s drone shall be reworked in an analogous method.
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