Published 15:33 IST, September 11th 2020
R6 new update now available for download; Shadow Legacy and new season details
R6 Shadow Legacy which is the new R6 siege update has now officially arrived on the live servers without Ubisoft giving any sort of hint beforehand. Read on.
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Ubisoft released new R6 update today but w servers are on a Scheduled Maintenance. new R6 Siege update brings a lot of new features and changes as well as a full official patch te release is also w available. Continue reading to kw more.
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R6 New Update is w Available for Download: R6 Shadow Legacy Update Details
R6 Shadow Legacy, which is new R6 siege update, has w officially arrived on live servers without Ubisoft giving any sort of hint beforehand. A lot of fundamental changes are on ir way and will change way this game is played. new ping system which actually got popularised from Apex Legends is also a big feature w in Rainbow Six Siege. In addition to that, new skins, which are kwn as "R6 Share", will also be added during this new season. Here are some of main updates that game will receive with this R6 new season:
PING 2.0
Since benefits of new ping system is more suited for casual players, and after considering feedback from high-tier players as well, developers have decided to take more time for garing data and more feedback as to how y need to furr develop and change new Ping 2.0 which was recently added into game. So players can expect a lot of changes sometime during this season in ping system.
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SCOPE ADDITIONS
- 1.5x on Mozzie's P10 Roni
- 1.5x on Alibi's ACS12
- 2.0x on Maestro's ACS12
- 2.5x on Hibana's Type-89
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- Gave mad more options on her scopes to make m feel and look a bit better.
- ARX: Removed 1.5x, Added 2.0x
- AK: Removed 2.0x, Added 1.5x and 2.5x
PLAYER BEHAVIOR
- MMR CHANGES FOR ANTI-BOOSTING: To discour boosting and de-ranking, players can longer drop below 1000 MMR, and y cant gain more than 150 MMR from any game.
VOTE-TO-KICK REMOVAL (LATER IN SEASON)
- Vote-to-kick feature from Quick Match will be removed as this feature was highly abused by many players. developers decided to turn it off for that reason.
IN-GAME REPORT TIFICATIONS
- player will get in-game tifications when reported player is sanctioned. It replaces 'Thank you' emails which were previously showed.
ADS SENSITIVITY
- sensitivity slider w goes up to 200. Make sure you do t forget that when you patch into new season, your old sensitivity settings will automatically be converted into new system.
OR UPDATES:
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- Added raiser to 1.5x Scope to alleviate issue of visible iron sight/front pins when in ADS.
- Iana’s Holograms will longer trigger metal detectors.
- new naming convention for shields. All shields will w display ‘SHIELD’ as ir weapon type. (ex: Le Roc Shield, G-52 Tactical Shield, CCE Shield).
- Reduced size of 1.5x Scope
- Reduced size of reticule for MH1 Holo Sight
- Mir visual tweaks to Zero’s scope icons for aestics.
- Updated reticle structure for Kali’s CSRX300 and Capitao’s Crossbow
- Updated reticle when entering gadget mode for Kali.
- Vault prompt consistency after meleeing a barricade (See Vault Detection changes). Previously you could sometimes vault barricades after 1 melee. Barricades will w require at least 2 melee hits before vault prompt will appear.
Ubisoft also tweeted about Scheduled Maintenance timing for all major gaming platforms on September 10, 2020, which was supposed to be release date.
Right after Ubisoft tweeted this, for next one everyone was tified as to why it's taking more time. IceyCat was a content creator for Rainbow Six Siege and videos made by him helped R6 community a lot. Ubisoft n decided to make a charm for IceyCat as a tribute to him.
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Ubisoft went on furr and donated $20,000 to @TakeThisOrg. Take this is a n-profit organisation that mainly focuses on increasing mental health support in games. Or than maintenance tweet and about IceyCat, re is t a lot of information on R6 update today. So, players just need to wait till maintenance is over.
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Promo Im Credits: Ubisoft Twitter
15:33 IST, September 11th 2020