Rainbow Six Siege: hit markers, pacing, firearms changed following feedback

News by Sherif Saed Contributor

Published on May 14, 2015

The recent alpha test for Rainbow Six Siege was very useful for both the players and the developing team.

Rainbow Six Siege developers have taken a lot of the feedback that was provided on board when they looked at the game data from the alpha test. The feedback was very detailed, according to the devs, which resulted in equally detailed explanations.

Here are the changes that occupy the highest level of importance, based on player feedback.

Hit markers

Removed except for friendly fire and kill confirmation

Game pacing

Base operator movement speed reduced by 20%
Implementing armor system (light, medium, heavy) with mobility vs. armor tradeoff
Implementing equipment and weapon weight costs to movement
Currently experimenting with increased round times to slow down play

Firearms

-Recoil

Recoil improved for PC, with stronger initial shot kick and diamond recoil patterns doubled in size

-Additional changes

Greater vertical recoil on all assault rifles
Greater increase in spread per shot of all submachine guns, especially the P90
Increased vertical recoil on all submachine guns
Increased time to ADS for assault rifles
Increased time to ADS for all weapons after sprint
Iterated on the equip and unequip timers on all weapon families. Heavier weapons will feel heavier
Increased camera shake/intensity per shot, per weapon family
Reduced the damage of the P90 and iterating on another damage pass for all weapons
Shotgun damage over distance curves are being tweaked
Reload times are being tweaked during animation polish
Bullet penetration penalty on bullets is still being evaluated and iterated on