What you need to know
- Clash and deployable shields have been re-enabled in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.
- The move comes two months since removal amid a wave of game-breaking exploits.
- Ubisoft is "closely monitoring the situation" since deploying a fix.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege experienced a nasty trio of glitches last season, with game-breaking exploits causing a major upset for the competitive tactical shooter. Defensive shield-bearing Operator Clash was among the worst impacted, temporarily pulled from the roster while engineering a fix. Equally sizable glitches plagued deployable shields and claymores, both barred from play since mid-May.
Ubisoft is now rolling out a fresh update to Rainbow Six Siege to address these issues, re-enabling Clash and deployable shields across all modes. Tailing successful public tests on the PC Technical Test Server (TTS), the fix has dropped for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC versions. Late June also saw the arrival of the Y4S2.1 patch, addressing exploits surrounding attacker, IQ.
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"Deployable shields and Clash have been reactivated on live servers for both PC and Console, in all game modes," stated Rainbow Six Siege Community Manager, Jenny Feng. "Given the results of our recent tests on the Test Server, we've decided to activate the fixes on the live servers and re-enable Deployable Shields and Clash. This means deployable shield ammo count will be set back to 1 and Clash will be available in Operator select."
Rainbow Six Siege is no stranger to exploits, although ongoing struggles have highlighted the impact on overall game balancing. Windows Central sat down with Alexandre Remy, Rainbow Six Siege brand director, back in May, who admitted the firm stance was "a difficult decision" at the time. Newly-adopted failsafe procedures have helped improve turnaround, though Remy claims faster reactions remain critical to success.
With nearly two months since Rainbow Six Siege's removal of Clash and deployable shields, this latest fix should be welcomed by many. In the meantime, Ubisoft just launched its latest limited-time mid-season event for Rainbow Six Siege, packing three-versus-three duels with a Wild West theme.
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