Rainbow Six Siege Y5S2.1 is now live on every platform. The developers at Ubisoft also released the patch notes for the update. The previously announced Match Cancellation feature will finally come to Siege. Players can cancel a match if the lobby is formed with less than 10 players. You can also cancel the match if one player leaves the match before the first round starts.
The update also makes some balancing changes. Melusi has been drastically nerfed. The penalty zone is reduced by 33 percent. Max Range Penalty Radius is reduced by two meters and Critical Penalty Radius by one meter. The sound effect of the Banshee has also lowered. Ace and Melusi also went through small nerfs. Now, their abilities will not cause damage through reinforced walls. They will also not destroy gadgets through walls.
All the other changes in the update are bug fixes. You can read all about them below or on the official site.
Rainbow Six Siege Update Y5S2.1 Patch Notes
BALANCING
MELUSI
- Lowered the penalty zone by approximately 33%.
- Reduced max range penalty radius from 6m to 4m (range in which penalty increases from 25% to 50% the closer you get to the gadget)
- Reduced critical Range penalty radius from 3m to 2m (range in which penalty is 50%) See diagram below for how Banshee's penalty ranges work.
- Lowered the sound of the Banshee effect in first person POV.
ACE & HIBANA
- Explosion damage can no longer pass through reinforced walls and destroy fragile gadgets on the other side when you place Hibana's X-Kairos and Ace's SELMA on the floor.
BUG FIXES
Gameplay
- FIXED – Inconsistent runout detection timer meant detection would sometimes take longer than 2s. (Now should consistently take 2s to detect).
- FIXED – The reload animation of the K1A resets if animation is interrupted when making a full reload.
- FIXED – Bomb remodel tweaks to fix issues with pixel peeks.
Operators
MELUSI
- FIXED – Hitboxes of Melusi's Banshees are larger than the model.
ECHO
- FIXED – Yokai can sometimes see onto the rooftops/second floor when attached to thin ceilings.
Level Design
- FIXED – Vault issues on maps.
- FIXED – Various clipping and dynamic clipping issues on maps.
- FIXED – Various LOD/visual issues on maps.
BANK
- FIXED – Oryx unable to climb on the southern side of the hatch from B Secure Hallway in Bank.
CONSULATE
- FIXED – Operators can be killed/damaged by explosion damage through a solid wall in 2F Meeting Room on Consulate after first layer of floor is destroyed.
OREGON
- FIXED – Lighting issue in 1F Small Tower Office of Oregon making it hard to see operators when prone in a dark corner.
- FIXED – Pixel peek from 2F Dorm Hall in Oregon.
- FIXED – Gadgets can be deployed inside the pots in 1F Kitchen of Oregon and still function.
KAFE
- FIXED – Defenders can jump onto the window frame of 2F Fireplace Hall in Kafe.
CHALET
- FIXED – Gadgets remain floating after being placed on barrels that are later destroyed in B Wine Cellar of Chalet.
- FIXED – Players can see into Chalet from a specific spot in EXT Front Yard.
CLUBHOUSE
- FIXED – Secure area zone of 2F Bedroom in Clubhouse does not properly cover the entire room.
- FIXED – Drones can fall OOB by jumping on a ledge in B Oil Pit of Clubhouse.
COASTLINE
- FIXED – Players can fall inside a decorative greenery pot, at the gazebo near EXT Main Entrance on Coastline.
THEME PARK
- FIXED – Operators can go prone on small ledges/surfaces, allowing them access to areas that are not intended to be accessible. (Sorry).
- FIXED – Players can get on top of the chandelier in 2F Dragon Stairs of Theme Park (sorry again).
- FIXED – Players can reach the roof of Theme Park from 2F Upper Arcade.
- FIXED – Operators can place out of reach gadgets on the wall in 2F Control Room of Theme Park after vaulting on the Control Desk.
User Experience
- FIXED – Various menu/shop/HUD fixes.
- FIXED – Various visual/cosmetic fixes.
- FIXED – Gray attachment skin causes Optic sights to be invisible in ADS
- FIXED – Pastel Engine weapon skin causes part of the Para–308 iron sights to disappear while in ADS.
- FIXED – Dynamic Play button does not redirect to the Discovery playlist after using the Discovery Playlist.
- FIXED – Players who ended the last season in Champions, the Champion badge in their ranked menu profile incorrectly displays #1 instead of their actual final Champions position.
- FIXED – RFF symbol disappears if you reboot Uplay after activating RFF (visual only, RFF is still active).
