In just a few short weeks, Ubisoft will push out the Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 (Y8S3) update called “Heavy Mettle,” which brings in a new Operator, balancing changes and more! Thanks to Ubisoft, MP1st managed to get some early time with the upcoming update, and we’ve outlined the new content below.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 New Content:

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 New Operator – Ram 

“Ram is part of an all-female unit of the South Korean Special Forces, and it’s complicated to integrate into that unit. As we researched and learned more about this unit, we all agreed that this character should look absolutely badass. Ram’s Gadget is more mechanical than high-tech. So it was a natural choice for us to make the design more gritty and grounded. Her night vision, camouflage, combat shirts, and pants are all general aesthetics that we’ve borrowed from the South Korean military.

And then, we went through a redesigning process to make this character memorable and unique. Ram is part of the Redhammer Squad, so the capacity of the destruction of this device needed to be unlimited.”

An excellent verticle operator with big destructive gadgets makes Ram one force not to be reckoned with.

Ram’s Primary Gadget – Bu-Gi Auto Breacher

Described to be the game’s biggest throwable gadget, the Bu-Gi Auto Breacher is self-propelled mobile machinery equipped with heavy-duty saws in both the front and the bottom. It’s capable of shredding floors and smashing through walls, as well asik being thrown from any position, such as around a corner and while repelling. It can smash through barricades while being thrown, though Castl’s armor panel can withstand the impact.

Once thrown, Ram has the ability to activate it remotely from anywhere on the map. The trajectory of the Bu-Gi Auto Breacher can be changed before activation, allowing it to go either in a straight path or a curve left or right, allowing it to go around corners without having to expose yourself.

Though the Bu-Gi Auto Breacher is mostly bulletproof, C4 and impact grenades will destroy it immediately. On its rear, there is a large red canister that can also be shot at to destroy the Bu-Gi Auto Breacher.

Further counter-measures include jamming from a mute jammer. The Bu-Gi Auto Breacher is a mechanical device, but during deployment, it is considered an electronic gadget, allowing it to be jammed. Solis can also detect the gadget.

Secondary Gadgets

• Flash Grenade
• Hard Breach Charge

Ram’s Primary and Secondary Weapons

Primary Weapons

• R4C – Great for aggressive pushes and quick engagement. Ram is being given additional high-powered scope to help with range engagements.
• LMG-E – The weapon is designed for players who prefer the suppressive fire approach.

Secondary Weapons

• ITA 12S shotgun – For players who want to double down on the destruction aspect of Ram’s abilities, you’ll find the TA 12S shotgun to be the perfect secondary weapon.
• MK19mm

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Commendation and Player Protection Update

A new commendation system is being introduced this season, allowing the team to showcase the positive aspects of Rainbow Six Siege. At the end of each match, players can commend two teammates in three different categories. These categories include a player’s dedication to being an engaging teammate, their guidance, which is their helpfulness, and finally, their valor, which is their positivity during the match.

You’ll also be able to commend an enemy player for their worthiness as an opponent. Engaging in the commendation system will reward players with Alpha packs.

The Siege team also adds a reputation page that shows key negative reactions and behavior that can impact a player’s reputation. This page breaks down several of those behaviors.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Game Modes Update:

Quick Match and Playlist Changes

• All round timers, from the planning to the action phase, are changing to make quick matches quicker. The quick match algorithm is also being tweaked to make finding matches faster.
• Soft resets will be performed on Quick Match Skill to bring players together.
• A new system called “Pre-Setup” is being introduced for the Defender side. These are predeployments of reinforcements and rotation holes at the start of the round.
• On the attacker side, they will get a new system called “Attacker Protection.” This will give attackers 10 seconds of invulnerability at the start of the round, making it much safer for them to approach a building.
• All these changes are meant to push Quick Match into a much quicker and more casual place.
• The unranked mode name will be changed to Standard starting the season to better fit the game’s playlist ecosystem. It’ll be a midpoint between Seige’s most competitive and casual modes.
• Map and operator ban phase is being removed from Standard mode, so all content can be played without restrictions.
• Overtime rounds are being changed to 1 so as not to drag the matches for too long.
• These changes will make Standard the “Go-to” for players who want the classic Seiege experience without jumping to Ranked.

 New Game Mode for Arcade

• Weapon Roulette is being added to Arcade this season. This is a Team Deathmatch mode where all players start with the same weapon that changes to a random new one after a short time.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Balancing Changes and Update

Frost

• Welcome Mat
  • The time to escape the trap is being increased from 2.5 seconds to 4 seconds.
  • It will have a more severe debuff that lasts up to 60 seconds. Player’s speed will be reduced to walking speed and continue to leave a blood trail, along with all the vocal calls.

Grim

• Launcher efficiency is receiving a buff.
• An alternative mode is being added to the launcher that will allow players to bank canisters off a surface rather than having them directly stick to them.

Fuze

• Fuze’s charge can now be deployed on shields, including Talon Shields from Osa.

Shotguns

• The entire weapon class is being overhauled to make them more reliable tools to use, though slug shotguns will not be included in this overhaul this update.
• More precision when you’re ADS’d
• More destruction when you aren’t ADS, even more when you are moving and not ADS.
• Shotguns will be far more consistent and viable with this update.

Onboarding (Tutorials)

To make the Seige experience more welcoming for newcomers, there will be three new tutorials introduced in this update. These will go over the basics, attacker, and defender aspects of the game to help ease players, and make them feel more confident when joining player matches.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Quality of Life Updates

• “Free Cam Plus Hide UI” – The HUD can now be removed during the free camera in match replays. HUD removal will also be available in the spectator mode.
• The ability to kick and promote players in a squad will be introduced in this update.
• You’ll soon be able to read patch notes in-game via the new patch notes page. These will come with filters that highlight key changes.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Battle Pass Update

• Discoverability and navigation are being worked on this season for the Battle Pass.
  • A new intro tab will be added to the Battle Pass, which gives you an overview of the main rewards in the Battle Pass.
• More improvements will be introduced in other seasons.

Rainbow Six Siege Y8S3 Seasonal Test Servers

And finally, the test servers. This season’s test server will begin on August 14.

That’s about. Stay tuned here on MP1st, as we’ll let our readers know once the patch is live along with the proper patch notes.