Rainbow Six Siege Update 2.86 Delivers Patch Y9S3.3 This Oct. 22

Rainbow Six Siege update 2.86 is now available for download, and this brings Y9S3.3! This brings a round of operator and weapon balancing changes affecting consoles and PC. Those on current-gen platforms, R6 Siege update 1.000.091, and implements the same changes.

Rainbow Six Siege Latest Update Patch Notes and Changes:

OPERATOR BALANCING

IANA

• Reduced hologram cooldown when destroyed to 20 seconds (from 30).

JACKAL

• Removed distortion caused by bullets.

KALI

• Added Smoke Grenades.

MOZZIE

• Increased Pests to 4 (from 3).
• Added Impact Grenades.

ZERO

• Increased Argus cameras to 6 (from 4).

ZOFIA

• Removed Breach Charges.
• Added Hard Breach Charges.

WEAPON BALANCING

CSRX-300

• Reduced bullet trail duration and size.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• FIXED – UI element that lets a team know they’re moving into the lower bracket of Siege Cup says “unknown” instead.
• FIXED – A player watching a match is unable to access text chat.
• FIXED – Siege Cup banner says “Waiting for others to join” despite being paired against an enemy team.
• FIXED – Caster card placement differs when spectating certain Custom Game presets.
• FIXED – Devices briefly reactivate when picked up despite being affected by an EMP.
• FIXED – “!!Missing Timer” text present in the AAR screen.
• FIXED – The More Info section of Siege Cup has incorrect information about the registration requirements.
• FIXED – Some Siege Cup players’ games do not start, and those players remain with the ribbon stating: “NEXT MATCH IN Starting Soon”.

OPERATORS

• FIXED – Skopós’s idle V10-Pantheon Shells spawns without a shield at 2F Executive Office in the Plane map.

USER EXPERIENCE

• FIXED – Redeem button is missing from the Bravo Collection with a Bravo Pack Ticket.
• FIXED – Marketplace is missing the thumbnail for the Crushing Canes skin for Montagne’s Le Roc shield.

Expect another major update for Rainbow Six Siege in a few months, and MP1st will cover the new operator and changes as we know more.

[Source: Ubisoft]