Y11S2.2 MID-SEASON PATCH NOTES — Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege News

See the upcoming changes with the release of Y11S2.2.

MOUSE & KEYBOARD SUPPORT ON CONSOLES

[p align="start"]M&K is coming to consoles! Their use will be allowed in the PC crossplay pool, but will still be forbidden in other pools. Teams with console players will have stronger communication, as M&K makes text chat available to all. You can decide whether a Custom Game allows mouse and keyboard with a new Input Device option added to match settings.

ARCADE 1v1 BOMB

[p align="start"]1v1 is back. After listening closely to community feedback, we’ve rolled out a set of changes aimed at making matches faster, fairer, and more competitive.

MAP POOL

[p align="start"]Coastline, Consulate, and Outback have been added to the pool and House has been removed.

MATCHMAKING

[p align="start"]We tweaked the matchmaking configuration for the 1v1 Arcade to better reflect the skill level of players.

SETTINGS

Operator Attrition replaces Operator Ban.
Every Operator can be played, except Montagne, Blackbeard, Blitz, and Clash.
Preparation Phase lasts 15 seconds instead of 30.
Objective site location is revealed at the beginning of the round.
Reinforcements pool has been reduced from 10 to 6.

BALACNING: MAJOR CHANGES

DOKKAEBI

[p align="start"]JEGEO PAYLOAD

Cooldown is now per-target (from global ability).
Cooldown: 14 seconds (from 7).

WAMAI

[p align="start"]MAG-NET SYSTEM

Charge update frequency 20s (was 40s).
Total maximum Charges 7 (was 6).
Reduced activation time to 0.5s (was 1.5s).

[p align="start"]LOADOUT

[p align="start"]Gadgets:

Added Deployable Shield.
Replaced Impact Grenades with C4.

JÄGER

[p align="start"]BASE STATS

Speed: 3 (was 2).
Health: 1 (was 2).

ZOFIA

[p align="start"]KS79 LIFELINE

Concussion Grenades ammunition increased to 3 (was 2).
Impact Grenades ammunition increased to 3 (was 2).

BALANCING: REFINEMENT CHANGES

416-C

[p align="start"]RECOIL – M&K & CONTROLLER

Vertical: Reduced Vertical recoil on all burst stages.
Horizontal: Smoothed lateral recoil on all burst stages.
Recoil Evolution: The hardest part of the recoil will start on bullet 10 instead of 8, also has been generally softened.

[p align="start"]OPERATORS AFFECTED

Jäger

RAUORA

[p align="start"]D.O.M. PANEL

Reduced cooldown between shots to 1s (was 3s).

MELUSI

[p align="start"]BANSHEE SONIC DEFENSE

Increased area of effect to 4.3m (was 4m).

TWITCH

[p align="start"]SHOCK DRONE

Reduced laser charges refill time to 28s (was 30s).

LESION

[p align="start"]GU MINE

Reduced refill time to 25s (was 30s).

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

[p align="start"]FIXED – Mute's Signal Disruptor will disable the ACOG or Holo sights when equipped on the XK23.

[p align="start"]FIXED – XK23 Magazine briefly spawns at wrong location when cancelling a tactical reload and then reloading an empty magazine.

[p align="start"]FIXED – AI do not deploy their gadgets in the Kanal map's 1F Security room and 1F Map Room.

USER EXPERIENCE

[p align="start"]FIXED – Sometimes microphone icons are greyed out and players are unable to communicate with voice chat.

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