Rainbow Six Siege‘s year 5 plans are marching along. Season 2 for the year is officially titled Operation Steel Wave and as promised it’s bringing two new operators and a rework for the House map. Ubisoft gave a have a look at Ace the medic and Melusi the tracker and their new devices throughout a reveal livestream as we speak. Both are becoming a member of the roster with Steel Wave on the take a look at servers tomorrow.
Ace, former Norwegian Armed Forces member and EMT, is an attacker who “rushes in and makes an entrance—an entrance through almost any barrier,” Ubisoft say. Ace’s breaching Selma gadget could be thrown at breachable surfaces to create three sequential explosions that open a widening gap if not destroyed mid-sequence. Two of ’em can breach even a strengthened hatch. They’ll additionally destroy defender devices of their space.
Melusi the anti-poaching defender is “highly adaptable,” they are saying. “If she does not catch the target herself, she can slow them long enough to be intercepted by someone else.” Melusi’s Banshee gadget buzzes when an attacker steps into its radius and slows them like barbed wire the nearer they get to it. To play on the pacing much more, Melusi is fast herself, getting a 3 pace score.
As for the House rework, Ubisoft say they didn’t need to “mess with the flavor” of the traditional map an excessive amount of. They’ve harassed that it’s a “casual” rework, not aggressive. Generally, it’s a lot greater on the again aspect. There two new rooms on each flooring, new bomb websites, and a brand new set of stairs from the brand new studying room subsequent to the TV room. You’ll discover the exterior storage door shut as effectively.
Apparently that Apex-inspired Ping 2.zero function that Ubisoft’s been speaking about is getting a delay due to the Covid-19 coronavirus so it’s not becoming a member of the game this season.
You can discover the remainder of the main points concerning the map rework, new operators, and aggressive modifications over on R6’s site.
Steel Wave hits the R6 take a look at servers tomorrow, Tuesday May 19th.
