As ever, new operators are the big pull, and there will be one new operator each season this year. That’s all coming in Season 1, but there is much more planned to drop across the year. This should make it so stream snipers are less likely to be matchmade with a streamer they are targeting. There’s also a new Streamer Mode, designed to prevent stream sniping attacks by hiding important information and delaying your matchmaking by a random amount of time. The Newcomer Playlist has been revamped with Border, Oregon, Clubhouse, Kafe, Coastline, and Bank on rotation, and their in-match timings altered to be the same as Ranked. In smaller tweaks, a new pulsing proximity alert has been added to the HUD when attacking drones approach a Mozzie PEST device. Notable is the slight rearrangement of Armory Lockers, and the expansion of Bathroom to allow it a wider defense zone and provide a rotation opportunity into the second bomb site.

It’s not a major change, but is similar in approach to the rework done on Clubhouse. The map coming with Crimson Heist is a rework of Border, the very first DLC map Siege ever had. You only get one bullet, so it needs to be used wisely, but this can help overcome the distinct advantage that defenders currently have. This single shot pistol fires an explosive round which will destroy any bulletproof defender gadgets. Talking of equipment, Crimson Heist introduces a brand new attacker sidearm: the Gonne-6. For secondary gadgets, he can choose from stun grenades or a claymore. On equipment, Flores can use either the AR33 or the SR-25 rifles, and has the GSH-18 pistol. It can even jump, meaning you can bypass bulletproof shields and reach higher-placed gadgets. The explosion will not breach reinforced walls, but it will destroy any defender gadget and kill operators, so it’s an effective clear-up tool. During travel time, the RCE is vulnerable to jammers, electricity, and enemy fire, but when the fuse triggers - either after the timer runs down or when manually started - the device becomes bulletproof and anchors in place for a few seconds before detonation. They also have a 10 second timer, so must be driven to the target quickly before it explodes. When deployed they continually accelerate and cannot be slowed or stopped. Flores is equipped with four RCE-RATERO charges, and while they work similar to a recon drone, there are some differences. His gadget is the RCE-RATERO, a remote control drone with a bomb strapped to it. Headlining the season is new operator Flores a medium speed and armour attacker from Argentina. The year starts with Operation Crimson Heist, the first season of Year 6. Ubisoft has announced its roadmap for Year 6 of Rainbow Six Siege, which will deliver a variety of new operators, gameplay changes, and improvements over the course of the next 12 months.

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