Rainbow Six Siege – Operation Vector Glare: Evidence of the new season and operator Sens

There are few things in the world that the human race can blindly rely on punctuality: the changing of the tides, the flow of the lunar cycles, the blasting of Latin songs on the radio as soon as the temperature rises a few degrees, but most of all, the passing of the seasons of competitive shooter Rainbow Six Siege. Ubisoft in the middle of its seventh year of operation, it continues to renew itself with a constant and regular stream of updates.

It’s been quite some time since we last told you about the game, and we didn’t have time to think that Ubisoft was back on the topic by inviting us to a presentation dedicated to upcoming content. Rainbow Six Siege Year 7 Season 2, Operation Vector Flare. As always, the update will have a brand new operator as its main route, but a very rich outline is expected for the Deathmatch mode, consisting of a new map, some changes to the character lineup, a big change to friendly fire and the highly anticipated arrival. A feature that would subvert the shooting range’s approach of professionals and amateurs to studying the behavior of the game’s guns.

After a few hours of testing we are ready to tell you every detail of the new season, so relax and put on the thermal goggles provided at the entrance to see something beyond the skill of the master. new operator Sens can prove particularly complex.

Sens is a privacy-conscious attacker

As mentioned earlier, Operation Vector Flare, you s, a new attack operator of Belgian origin whose mission in the action phase will be to render his teammates invisible thanks to a small drone capable of blinding all of his opponents’ defensive ambitions. Néon “Sens” Ngoma device, ROU Projector SystemA small size device once placed will run wildly around the medium for about 3 seconds, leaving some projectors in its path that can evoke a dense light blue wall.

The barrier is equivalent to a simple smoke grenade, so it can be passed by other operators, projectiles, explosives and other vehicles, but it guarantees that the attack formation can move undisturbed for the duration of the searchlights. lights up for about 13 seconds. In the initial analysis, the primary purpose of the ROU is clearly to close the defensive team’s lines of fire and achieve its maximum effectiveness in the later stages of the match while placing the attackers’ every move behind the wall of light. , possibly to hide the process of defusing the bombs.

scrolling through properties That said, Sens and his unique ability couldn’t help but identify a number of weaknesses for the new character that, in our opinion, will struggle to adequately scale the Rainbow Six Siege meta. To start with the synergy offered by the ROU, the only attack operator who strongly enjoys the presence of the wall of light is Glaz, whose thermal imager can see the silhouettes of the defenders moving behind the projector. But the Russian sniper is a character that is not suitable for all maps, so we are not convinced that the two together will justify their choice in the pre-game selection stage.

On the contrary, there are a few aces in the hole that defenders can deploy to render the ROU completely harmless: Warden’s glasses break through the barrier (and much more mobile than the American Glaz), Maestro’s Eyes of Evil ignores this, and any bulletproof camera can browse the projector and ping enemies. Adding that Mute’s jammers disable the projectors and that any device can cancel the barrier in the blast radius, then Sens’ device comes out of the analysis with broken bones and not yet addressing the only real reason for it. the operator managed to trigger our skepticism.

Ours may just be preliminary and we hope to be proven wrong by the community, but our feeling is that Sens wouldn’t be a popular pick even if the defensive formation didn’t include a counter. As we can see, the barrier projected by the ROU is invaluable if used as a diversion during a very fast flank or to cover up rapid uprisings and lightning-fast repositioning on the front. In this very sense, we were surprised to discover that Sens is one of the few capable attackers. a single point of speedIt’s a real paradox, considering what kind of tool the Belgians have. With very low movement speed, the operator introduced by Operation Vector Glare will not be able to properly use his own device and will inevitably be reduced to a mere support mission.

The inconsistencies don’t end there, because apart from all these weaknesses, Sens is really nicely equipped. The new season brings the unprecedented weapon, the POF-9, an assault rifle with a large magazine put to the test at the new shooting range, which seems to be performing particularly well. The alternative is the tested 417 semi-automatic rifle, while among the secondary weapons we find the SDP 9mm gun and a classic Gonne-6, heavy blast charge and Claymore mines.

finally shooting range

After Sens, the most important innovation of Operation Vector Flare is without a doubt the much-anticipated Polygon, a space that the Rainbow Six Siege community has wanted for a very long time. The shooting range is a space where players can accurately examine the behavior of weapons, thanks to special interfaces that highlight the volley fired by the weapon. There are two tunnels, one equipped with a dummy that reflects the health of the operators, and the other equipped with a large scoreboard useful for comparing recoil propensity. You can choose the distance to the target, and shots from different guns are highlighted in bright colors, making it really easy to compare the performance of the two guns.

The new season, which is punctual with the deadline set by the roadmap published at the beginning of the year, also marks the arrival of someone. new map for deathmatch modeIt has been redeveloped from the ground up to accommodate the playlist introduced with the Demon Veil season. Located in Greece, the new setting offers intense close combat between the claustrophobic environments of this training area, where each zone is identified by a specific color to make it easy to navigate. The layout of the rooms encourages teams to move in rotation rather than roost behind defensive positions, and even if we didn’t get the chance to dig deeper, we’re sure its addition will encourage more players to take their chances. Although the Deathmatch mode is seen by many as just a training event.

Other news of the season

As always, the arrival of new content is accompanied by a wide variety of other minor innovations related to friendly fire in the case of Operation Vector Glare, some changes to the loading of operators, and the removal of an esports-related rule. We’re sure it will ignite the debate within the competitive Rainbow Six Siege community. Starting over, throughout this season we will see the first phase of the introduction of the game’s new reputation system. friendly fire and abuse by some players during gameplay. If a user has a bad habit of hitting their allies, with the new system, they will be able to receive an extended penalty and earn reverse friendly fire for a subsequent series of matches, thus protecting their allies from this unpleasant practice.

The season will also bring some changes to the equipment of some operators such as Lion, Clash, Castle, Finka and Amaru. They will have a third option in the secondary weapon slot, which will give them more freedom to build their gear before the action phase. Finally, remember the quarantine that every new operator must pass before entering the competitive rotations of Rainbow Six Siege? With Season 7 of Year 7 this rule will be dropped and if in the past a character like Sens had to wait 3 months before appearing in the highest level tournaments, now competitive teams will have very few weeks to learn new ones. meta.