Rainbow Six Siege devs answer burning questions about cheating, ranked play, and more

Rainbow Six Siege developers at Ubisoft have released a huge AMA for Y6S2 addressing gamer concerns. The blog post covers mouse and keyboard on consoles, cheats, playlists, and more.

Two big topics covered in the AMA were cheaters and people using the mouse and keyboard on consoles. The developers said that while they have dedicated team members working on mouse and keyboard input for consoles, this is still an “R&D topic.” They said the goal is to make sure the mouse and keyboard don’t provide an unfair advantage over consoles, while still allowing them as an input option.

When it comes to plans to tackle cheaters in the game, Ubisoft was unable to provide details on its anti-cheat security as anything it shares could be used by cheat makers to bypass security. The developers have provided more information on other exploits and whether something is a bannable offense or not, such as how using an issue or exploit does not result in a ban, as it grabs their attention. about the problem.

The Rainbow Six Siege team has stated that they aim to add more restrictions to the Ranked Playlist, limiting access to accounts that are high enough level but have not played the game in some time or have not played the game in some time. not having played enough public PvP matches before playing. class. Ubisoft also said that while the team sees the benefit of manually banning cheaters instead of relying on automatic bans, they don’t think this can be the primary method as it would be too difficult to implement. the scale.

Ubisoft also said it is currently unhappy with the way it currently performs combat passes and aims to create “a new type of combat pass that won’t be found anywhere else.” He also indicated that adjustments are being made to the challenges and that season pass owners will receive a battle pass bonus in the future.

WADA covers a lot of topics about the future of Rainbow Six Siege and you can read it all on the Ubisoft website. The Containment event is currently live in Rainbow Six Siege, adding a special PvP mode based on the upcoming Rainbow Six Extraction game, which will be released in January 2022.