There’s a new update out today for Rainbow Six Siege on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. You’ll need to download and install this latest patch if you want to access the Ubisoft shooter.
For those Rainbow Six Siege fans who have their finger on the pulse, today’s 1.89 patch is the same mid-season patch Ubisoft deployed on PC last week.
In short, Y5S2.3 makes a number of minor Operator balance changes, this time buffing Oryx, as well as Fuze, and Gridlock, making them more fun as well as being more viable picks in competitive.
Rainbow Six Siege is currently running its second season of Year 5. Y5S2 introduced Operators Melusi and ACE. For those wondering when we’ll hear about the next season, expect some details to surface within the coming weeks – for reference, Y4S2 launched in September 2019 so hopefully we aren’t too far away from the next big content drop.
Rainbow Six Siege 1.89 Update Patch Notes
IN-GAME NOTIFICATIONS
Some updates to the notifications system to help make future popups less spammy.
APAC 2SV
After August 11, 2020, 2-Step Verification will be mandatory for ranked on PC in APAC. If you have not activated 2SV prior to this date you will be locked out of the Ranked queue until 2SV is activated on your account.
Go activate 2SV under the account management section at https://account.ubisoft.com!
GAMEPLAY UPDATES
For more information on balancing changes, see our Designer’s Notes.
BALANCING
GRIDLOCK
If you’ve ever stepped on a Lego…this hurts worse.
By making her gadget a bit more enjoyable to use, we’re looking to make Gridlock players’ lives a bit easier.
- Lowered Gridlock’s Caltrop deployment time to 9s (down from 13s).
- Lowered the individual Caltrops deployment time to 0.45s (down from 0.7s).
- Lowered the range of random deploy variation to 0.05s (down from 0.1s).
- Added a delay of 0.45s before the deployment sequence starts (previously no delay).
ORYX
The Rainbow ? has goat to dash.
We want to let Oryx make more use of his dash, and added mobility and durability will hopefully make him a bit more fun to play.
- Using his dash through a soft wall will not deplete all the dash charges.
- Increased Dash refresh time to 12s (up from 8s).
- Dash recovery time for all dashes is now 0.5s. (Previous recovery times: soft wall = 1s, enemy = 0.7s).
FUZE
Hide the hostages!
Giving Fuze a bit more presence and utility with an additional charge.
- Increased the number of cluster charges to 4 (up from 3)
GAMEPLAY
PUSHBACK MECHANICS
To maintain consistency with softwall interactions, we’re giving enemies that are pushed through walls the same feedback as when Oryx dashes through them.
- When pushed through a wall by Nomad’s airjabs or Oryx’s dash, players will receive the same feedback and rtake the same damage (5 hp) as when Oryx dashes through a soft wall.
BUG FIXES
- FIXED – Missing anchoring decals from Ace’s SELMA.
- FIXED – Ace’s SELMA can get stuck when thrown in a certain way at some beams, becoming unrecoverable.
- FIXED – While grappling through a window or hatch, Amaru can aim faster with her LMG if she times her sprint and ADS buttons just prior to landing.
- FIXED – IQ’s gadget will not display the outline and distance of Melusi’s Banshees.
- FIXED – Zofia’s concussion grenades are impacted by external explosions and can bounce away from the target location.
- FIXED – Flattening the doorframes and windows on all maps.
- FIXED – Floating and indestructible wooden squares after destroying some walls on Yacht.
- FIXED – Gunshot sounds are muffled when shooting from inside 1F Technical Seating of Plane.
- FIXED – Various menu/UI fixes.
- FIXED – Various cosmetics fixes.
- FIXED – Various Lighting issues on maps.
- FIXED – Various shop visual and cosmetic fixes.
- FIXED – (PvE) Interaction between Ace’s gadget and AI.
Source: Reddit
