Rainbow 6 Siege

The Y4S4.1 Patch deploying to PC on Wednesday the 11th f December and to Console the week after.

Updates
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South African Servers on XB1 and PS4

We are happy to announce than South African server tests during Operation Shifting Tides test servers were successful. We have deployed permanent servers in the country for Xbox One and PS4.

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Over the course of the Shifting Tides test server we've made a great many updates, changes and fixes to prepare for the upcoming season.

Click here or the image above for the full Y4S4 Shifting Tides Patch Notes.

UPDATES

• Due to an issue we discovered, the previously announced Playlist Guides will not be released with Y4S4 and will instead be delayed for an update in the near future.


• South African Servers are here!

KNOWN ISSUES
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The Y4S3.3 patch will deploy for both console and PC on Tuesday, October 22nd. For full details on the balancing changes, please see our Designer’s Notes.

MMR ROLLBACK UPDATE
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With Y4S3.3 the MMR Rollback system is getting a few improvements that allow us to more appropriately target and address those who exploit the integrity of the ranked system. A drastic MMR change is a sign of massive irregularity and a red flag in our system....

The Y4S3.2 patch features an update to the surrender feature, a fix for a bug with attacker/defender side assignment bias, and various other bug fixes. The patch is scheduled to deploy to PC on October 8th, and to console soon after.

Surrender

• Surrender now requires a unanimous vote.


• Surrender feature is now only available if the team is currently losing in rounds.


• Surrender is still only available starting with the 3rd

RFF

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Highlights of the Y4S3.1 patch includes an update to the Reverse Friendly Fire system with RFF Squad Management, and a change to how Goyo (and Capitao’s) fire interacts with Hostage under the RFF system.

The 3.1 patch is typically smaller as it focuses on addressing immediate issues and some lingering ones from season release as we prepare for the next patch. The Y4S3.1 patch will be deployed Thursday Sep. 19th for PC, we will update you on the dates for consoles as soon as possible.

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Many changes have been made over the course of the Ember Rise Test Server period. Below you will find the additional patch notes for Operation Ember Rise.

BALANCING

For full details and insights into the Y4S3 balancing changes, please see our Pre-Season Designer’s Notes.

• Defuse timer changed to 7 seconds (from 5s) for both Ranked and Unranked playlists. Casual playlist still at 5s defuse timer.
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