Rainbow Six Siege Patch Adds Harsher Penalties for Team Killing

If you’re one of those annoying gamers who gets a thrill sabotaging a match by team killing, a new Rainbow Six Siege patch has launched that has installed mush stricter penalties for engaging in one of the most irritating actions in PvP gameplay.

Here are the full notes:

Team kill bans

• First offence: Banned from Matchmaking for 30 minutes
• Second offence: Banned from Matchmaking for 1 hour
• Third offence: Banned from Matchmaking for 2 hours.
• Fourth offence: Banned from Matchmaking for 24 hours.
• Fifth offence: Banned from Matchmaking for 7 days.

Bug fixes
-Gameplay

• Fixed – [PC][PS4][XB1] A number of crashing issues across all platforms.
• Fixed – [PC][XB1] Cannot use melee for a short while after using prone.
• Fixed – Players are able to take the defuser through the walls.
• Fixed – Throwing C4 on an electrified wall will not destroy the nitro cell on contact.

Operators
-Maverick

• Fixed – The bullet casings are ejected forwards when firing the AR-15.50 weapon.

-Clash

• Fixed – Clash’s Shield can be deployed while crouched.
• Fixed – Clash’s CCE shield can clip in the arm and clip in the pistol.
• Fixed – Clash is able to fire her gun before weapon appears on screen.
• Fixed – In the loadout menu charms are not equipped in the same place as during a session for Clash’s CCE Shield.
• Fixed – When a player is killed by the CCE shield, the generic death icon is displayed instead of the taser shield
• Fixed – [PC][XB1] Clash’s CCE shield is clips through partially broken barricades when rotating.

-Smoke

• Fixed – If the attackers drop the defuser, Smoke can move it by throwing his gadget on it.

Level design
-Hereford

• Fixed – Players are able to throw gadgets outside during the prep phase via the floor of 2F Bathroom.

UX

• Fixed – Inconsistency between thumbnail icon and preview for Buck’s Grim Sky BDU.
• Fixed – Non-purchased items have the ‘set as active’ option.
• Fixed – Error message present in the pop-up modal when 2SV is active.
• Fixed – Pressing enter multiple times while the title is loading will cause the title to start a situation with the 2SV pop-up still on the screen.
• Fixed – All the Six Major Paris Charms appear with a placeholder model.