Rainbow Six Y7S3 patch notes - weapon and gadget balancing, recoil changes, operator balancing, more

Rainbow Six Y7S3 patch notes have been shared by the developers, revealing the info on weapon balancing, gadget balancing, and operator balancing changes.

Rainbow Six Y7S3 patch notes

Over the weekend, Ubisoft released information about what will be included in Year 7, Season 3 of Rainbow Six Siege. The new season, dubbed Brutal Swarm, will introduce a new operator, a new map, and Phase 2 of the updated Reputation System.

According to Ubisoft, the start of the next season will be on Tuesday, September 6. This season brings with it another new Operator, as was originally promised. Grim, a native of Singapore is the Agent this time.

Along with the addition of this operator, Ubisoft is making significant adjustments to the recoil mechanism. In addition, a new secondary EMP impact grenade, a redesigned map-ban system, and the Stadium Map will all be part of the competitive map pool.

Additionally, the Siege devs elaborated on the modifications coming to the Brutal Swarm Season Test Server and the reasons why particular adjustments had to be made in the Designer's Notes published on August 22.

Here are the whole Rainbow Six Y7S3 patch notes, which include evaluations of pick rates and success of various Operators, recoil on various weapons for PC vs console, and gadget balance.

Rainbow Six patch Y7S3 notes - Weapon balancing

When discussing the Recoil changes, the devs remarked, "Due to the lack of recoil and recoil-controlling attachments, some weapons in the game are referred to as "laser beams." With the addition of the Shooting Range as a place to become used to the new recoil patterns, we are sure that this improvement will help pave the way for enhanced balance potential in the future."

Additionally, it was mentioned that the developers have examined each weapon separately in light of a variety of factors, including Rate of Fire, Damage per Second, and the operators who employ them. Therefore, weapons like the R4C, 416-C, UMP45, C1, or M12 that have strong and mild recoil patterns would maintain recoils that are extremely comparable.

R6 Y7S3 - Weapon recoil

Weapon Recoil on Console will no longer follow changes made on PC and is unimpacted by the following changes.

Vertical recoil has been increased on all weapons and adjusted to their expected power level.

Increased overall recoil on:

All Assault Rifles
All SMGs
All LMGs
Machine Pistols

R6 Y7S3 - Weapon recoil on console

Softened overall recoil on:

M762
R4C
MX4
EVO-3 Scorpion

Increased overall recoil on:

6P41
LMG-E
G8A1
Spear .308

R6 Y7S3 - Recoil attachments

Compensator

Added the Compensator to the following weapons:
- 6P41 (Fuze, Finka)
- M249 SAW (Gridlock)
- FMG9 (Nokk, Smoke)
- SPSMG9 (Kali, Clash)
- MP5 (Doc, Rook, Melusi)
- P90 (Doc, Rook)
- C1 9mm (Frost)
- M12 (Caveira)

Note: We added the compensator to also normalize distribution. The goal is to give more tools to customize the recoil of the weapons.

Flash Hider

The Flash Hider will be removed from the following DMRs:
- 417 (Twitch, Lion, Sens)
- Ots-03 (Glaz)
- CAMRS (Buck)
- SR-25 (Blackbeard, Flores)
- MK14 (Dokakebi)

Added Flash Hider to the following weapons:
- C1 9mm (Frost)

Note: The Flash Hider just doesn’t make much sense for DMRs as the Muzzle Brake is consistently the better option. Newer DMRs have followed this logic so we are bring older ones in line.

Muzzle Brake

Added the Muzzle Brake to the following weapons:
- 6P41 (Fuze, Finka)
- AUG A2 (IQ, Wamai)
- G8A1 (IQ, Amaru)
- M249 (Capitao)
- Bearing-9 (Hibana, Echo, TB)
- M249 SAW (Gridlock)
- SMG-11 (Amaru, Smoke, Mute)
- SPSMG9 (Kali, Clash)
- C1 9mm (Frost)

Note: To help normalize distribution we added the Muzzle Break to these weapons to provide more options to customize the weapon recoil.

Vertical Grip

Added Vertical Grip to the following weapons:
- OTs-03 (Glaz)
- ARX (Nomad)
- C1 9mm (Frost)
- T-5 (Lesion, Oryx)

Note: The addition of the Vertical Grip is to provide players with more control over the increased recoil patterns.

Suppressor

Removed damage reduction.

Extended Barrel

Added the Extended Barrel to the following weapons:
- 9x19VSN (Kapkan, Tachanka, Azami)
- MP5K (Mute, Wamai)
- FMG9 (Nokk, Smoke)
- MPX (Valkyrie, Warden)
- PDW9 (Jackal, Osa)
- T-5 (Lesion, Oryx)
- 552 Commando (IQ)
- G36C (Ash, Iana)
- Spear .308 (Finka, Thunderbird)
- Bearing-9 (Hibana, Echo, Thunderbird)
- K1A (Vigil)
- MP7 (Zero, Bandit)
- MP5 (Rook, Doc, Melusi)
- F2 (Twitch)

Angled Grip

Added the Angled Grip to the following weapons:
- L85A1 (Sledge, Thatcher)
- R4C (Ash)
- 417 (Twitch, Lion)
- OTs-03 (Glaz)
- 6P (Fuze, Finka)
- SR25 (BB. Flores)
- M249 (Capitao)
- LMG-E (Zofia)
- Spear (Finka, TB)
- ARX (Nomad, Iana)
- F90 (Gridlock)
- M249 SAW (Gridlock)
- MP5 (Doc, Rook, Melusi)
- 416 (Jager)
- Vector (Mira, Goyo)
- T-5 (Lesion, Oryx)
- SMG-11 (Amaru, Smoke, Mute)

Laser

Added the Laser to the following weapons:
- OTs-03 (Glaz)
- G8A1 (IQ)
- GSH-18 (Finka, Fuze, Glaz, Kapkan, Tachanka)
- C75 AUTO (Dokkaebi, Vigil, Kali)

Weapon Sights

Added all sights up to the maximum allowed for the following operators:
- Alibi ACS12: +1.5
- Amaru G8A1: +1.5
- Dokkaebi BOSG: +1.5 +2.0
- Fuze AK-12: +1.5
- Fuze 6P41: +2.0
- Finka Spear: +1.5
- Gridlock F90: +1.5
- Goyo TCSG: +1.5
- Hibana Type: +2.0
- IQ AUG: +1.5 +2.0
- Jackal C7E: +1.5
- Kaid TCSG: +1.5
- Lion V308: +1.5
- Maestro ACS12: +1.5
- Nomad AK74: +2.0
- Osa 556: +1.5
- Rook MP5: +1.5
- Thermite 556: +1.5
- Thatcher AR33: +2.0
- Thatcher L85A2: +1.5
- Vigil BOSG: +1.5 +2.0
- Zofia M762: +1.5

Changed maximum sight available to the following operators:
- Goyo Vector: +1.5
- Ace AK-12: -2.0 +1.5
- Iana ARX: -1.5
- Mute MP5K: -1.5
- Nomad ARX: -2.5 +1.5
- Sledge L85A2: -2.5
- Kaid AUG: -1.5
- Finka 6P41: -2.5 +2.0
- Zofia LMG-E: -2.5
- Wamai MP5: -1.5
- Capitao Para: +2.0
- Blackbeard MK17: +2.0
- Iana G36: +1.5
- Frost C1: +1.5
- Pulse UMP: +1.5

Rainbow Six patch Y7S3 notes - Gadget Balancing

The creators made the following comment regarding Gadget balancing in R6 Y7S3: "The EMP Impact Grenade is designed to give attackers fresh windows of opportunity and to serve as a substitute for Thatcher. We are decreasing the grenade's non-lethal radius to lessen collateral damage."

EMP Grenade

Added EMP Impact Grenade as 3rd Gadget to the following Operators:
- Blackbeard
- Montagne
- Dokkaebi
- Nokk
- Gridlock
- Sledge
- Lion
- Osa

Note: The EMP Impact Grenade can disable electronics in an explosion range of 1.8 meters for 9 seconds, we’re hopeful this gadget will have a positive impact on the meta."

Frag Grenade

Reduce range to 3.6 meters
Change damage curve

Note: The lethal damage range remains nearly the same, the difference is mostly unnoticeable during a match. We are hoping to encourage precision use of grenades or for the player to change to a more precise gadget to deal with defenders’ utility if needed.

Hard Breach Charge

Reduce activation time to 4s (from 5)

Rainbow Six patch Y7S3 notes - Operator Balancing

Well. apart from weapon and gadget balancing, the developers have also detailed the Operator balancing coming with Rainbow Six Y7S3.

Fuze

Reduce drilling time to 2s (from 3)
Increase pellets’ trail visibility
Add smoke grenade as 3rd gadget

Kali

Increase charges to 4 (from 3)
Reduced CSRX vertical and horizontal recoil.
Increased CSRX camera recovery time after recoil.

Glaz

Add Claymore as 3rd gadget

Capitao

Add Gonne-6

Iana

Remove Gonne-6

Finka

Replace Frag. Grenade with Smoke Grenades

Maverick

Replace Frag. Grenades with Stun Grenades

Buck

Add Gonne-6

A number of well-known Operators will undergo significant adjustments in Season 3 of Rainbow Six Siege Year 7, along with other improvements to recoil. Hence, the most recent upgrade looks quite promising. On September 6, be sure to verify these changes on game consoles for yourself.

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