Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 Release Date & patch notes details: Grim rework, Operator changes, trailer.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 Release Date

Ubisoft has announced that Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 Dread Factor will launch on May 30 on PC and console.

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Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 patch notes details:

Grim rework

  • Added Baliff as a secondary weapon.
  • Added Hard Breach Charge.
  • Launcher: Reduced equip time to 1s (from 1.1).
  • Launcher: Increased rate of fire to 70 rpm (from 40).
  • Projectile: Activation time reduced to 0.4s (from 1).
  • Projectile: Vulnerable to bullets, laser, and melee damage.
  • Area: Duration increased to 16s (from 8).
  • Area: Radius increased to 4.6m (from 3.6).
  • Area: Detection system changed to body (from head).
  • Decay: Reduced duration to 4s (from 9).
  • Decay: Time between pings normalized to 1s (from 1/3/9).

Goyo

  • Removed Nitro Cell and replaced with Bulletproof Camera.
  • Added Impact Grenades.

Thunderbird

  • Removed Impact Grenades and Nitro Cell.
  • Added Barbed Wire and Bulletproof Camera.
  • Kona Station: Healing per shot reduced to 20hp (from 30).
  • Kona Station: Cooldown reduced to 15s (from 35).

Alibi

  • Removed Deployable Shield. and replaced with Observation Blocker.
  • Removed Impact Grenades and replaced with Proximity Alarm.

Pulse

  • Nitro Cell set as first gadget slot.
  • Removed Barbed Wire and replaced with Deployable Shield.
  • Added Observation Blocker.

Jager

  • Removed Barbed Wire and replaced with Observation Blocker.

Tachanka

  • Added Proximity Alarm

Clash

  • Added Deployable Shield

Ela

  • Added Observation Blocker

Rook

  • Added Observation Blocker

Warden

  • Added Observation Blocker

Caveira

  • Added Observation Blocker

Kaid

  • Added Observation Blocker

Maestro

  • Added Observation Blocker

Smoke

Removed Deployable Shield and replaced with Proximity Alarm

Quality of life improvements in Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 patch notes

Player Comfort

  • Reputation Penalty UI Update
    • Activation banner for Reputation Penalty now triggers first round instead of
    • every round.
    • The active warning banner is renamed from WARNINGS to PENALTIES. The
    • label disappears shortly after the round begins but the icons of active penalties will remain for the entire duration.
    • When a player returns to the home section even during matchmaking, pop-ups will appear. If the player exits the game without seeing the pop-up, it will appear on game launch.

Playlist Update

  • Added the new Consulate map rework to all playlists.

Game Health

  • Top of the Ladder Improvement
    • Ranking up through Emerald, Diamond, and Champion now has steeper requirements.

Unbannable Map

  • Consulate map can’t be banned for the whole season.

Unbannable Operator

  • Fenrir can’t be banned in the Ranked and Unraked playlists for the first two weeks after the release.

Feature update in Rainbow Six Siege Y8S2 patch notes

  • Audio Input/Output Device Selection
    • Lets players select the audio input and output device via Options menu.

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Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on December 1, 2015; the game was also released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S exactly five years later on December 1, 2020. The title received a port for Google Stadia on June 30, 2021, and one for Amazon Luna in January 2022.