Rainbow Six Siege Update Out Now; Here Are The Patch Notes

A new update is live for Rainbow Six Siege primarily focusing on balancing changes and bug fixes. The update launched first on PC before also coming to Xbox One and PS4. Called Patch 2.2, the update makes several gameplay changes.

The first change affects how players deploy drones. Instead of immediately pulling into the drone camera's view upon deployment, players will have the choice between Standard and Advanced views. For Standard, the player's view changes to that of the drone upon deployment. For Advanced, the player's view remains with their Operator after throwing out a drone, and drone view will have to be manually switched to.

Players also can now choose their preference for how they rotate through their team's Observation Tools. For Defenders, there are groups of Observation Tools, divided between the main collection of cameras and the groups of specialized cameras assigned to specific Operators, like Valkyrie. Before, Defenders rotated through all the cameras as one large group. Players can still do that if they prefer, or change their settings so the switch between different Observation Tool groups is manual instead of automatic.

Ubisoft is also rolling out the first few Operator and item balancing changes outlined in the company's Designer's Notes. We've highlighted the major ones here, but the full list of changes and bug fixes can be found on Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege blog.

Balancing Changes

Finka

• Reduce ability duration from 20 seconds to 10 seconds
• Stun grenades will be replaced with Frag grenades
• Reduce Smoke’s Gas Canister damage modifier
• Aim down sights modifier from Adrenaline Rush reduced from -50% to -25%

IQ

• Frag Grenades replaced with Claymore
• Electronics detection reduced from 20m to 15m

Blackbeard

• Increase MK17 damage from 42 to 49
• Reduce SR-25 damage from 72 to 61
• Reduce the hit points on the Rifle Shield from 60 to 50
• 30% reduction in movement speed penalty when the Rifle Shield is equipped (He will move faster)

Glaz

• Reduce OTS-03 damage from 85 to 71

Twitch

• Reduce FAMAS damage from 40 to 37

Jackal

• Increase footsteps scanning distance from 5m to 8m

Frost

• Increase SMG damage from 43 to 45
• Increase Super 90 damage from 32 to 35

Dokkaebi

• Claymore will be replaced with Stun Grenades

Barbed Wire

• Slowing effect increased from 45% to 50%