Rainbow Six Siege: First update out today, changes to HUD and Ranked Matchmaking

The first update for Rainbow Six Siege has arrived

 

UBISOFT have released their first update for tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege.

 

The game was released earlier this month and has been praised for its design and unique team-based scenarios.

However, like Star Wars Battlefront, there have been complains over its lack of a single-player campaign mode, while the more adventurous gamers feel it could be more realistic in terms of the HUD and weapons handling.

Ubisoft have recently announced plans to release a new Hardcore mode for Siege in 2016, and fans will be excited to see what’s in store following today’s launch of the game’s first patch.

New Content and Features

- Visual Update

  - DLC Ultra-HD Texture Pack now available for PC Players

- Community Health

  - Implemented an auto-kick feature for intentional team killers

 

A number of fixes have been made in the update

 

General Tweaks and Improvements

 

- Hit Registration

  - Fixed bugs on replication and kill cam:

    - Pawn rotation latency

    - Shield positioning while rappelling

    - Shooting and moving while rappelling

    - Kill cam replication issues

    - Updated server tick rate for PC (intermittent and temporary)

- Playlist Changes

    - PvP - Ranked playlist HUD has been synced with the Casual playlist

    - Renamed Minimal HUD to Hardcore HUD

- Ranked Matchmaking Improvements

    - Increased reliability of end-game skill rank updates

    - The penalty for abandoning a ranked game in progress has been temporarily reduced to 8 minutes

    - Skill rank icon is now displayed on the game’s main screen, next to your level

- Other Matchmaking Improvents

    - PvP & PvE matchmaking bug fixes

- Balancing

    - PvP - Reduced time to detect Defenders outside from 5 seconds to 2 seconds

    - PvE - Reduced the maximum number of White Masks and reduced wave sizes in Terrorist Hunt - Disarm Bomb

- Player Comfort

    - Increased the amount of characters available in the chatbox from 32 characters to 128 characters

 

Rainbow Six has been well received following its release earlier this month

 

Ubisoft have recently announced a Hardcore mode for 2016

 

Top Community Raised Bug Fixes

- Gameplay fixes

- Level Design fixes

- Online Flow fixes

- Visual fixes

- UI fixes

- Miscellaneous fixes