Rainbow Six Siege "Mid-Season Reinforcements"--Skull Rain Patch 4.2

Ubisoft has updated Siege, and the changes appear to be solid.


Twitch now gets a buff to her Shock Drone. She has two, and they are deployable now in the Preparation Phase. She can also use it to take out cameras in the Preparation Phase.

Blackbeard now has two deployable shields. However, the durability of each shield has been reduced and Blackbeard can switch between them at will. Each shield's "health" is displayed in the HUD when it is equipped. This makes Blackbeard's ability a little more difficult to use being that you have to equip/unequip them and they each have shorter health bars.

Doc can now shoot up once hurt, not just when bleeding out. He can replenish his health by 40% by injecting himself. Also, he can overreplenish health. For example, if he or a teammate is at 70%, he can heal them to 110% (40% increase). The extra 10% will bleed off at 1% every 2 seconds back down to 100% health. (I believe Doc can only over-heal to a max of 120%...if he heals you or himself at 100%, it will not go to 140%...just 120%).

They've added gadgets: some attackers now get Claymores. Some defenders now get impact grenades. For weapons, some weapons get muzzle breaks and others get heavy barrels.

There are many other improvements in the link. I think Ubisoft has a very good game here and they're intent on staying. The PS4 community is strong and always populated and there are rumblings that after Season 4--the Japanese operators--are introduced, that there will be a second year of Season Pass content. No real information on that yet, but Ubisoft is content to support Siege for the long haul.

If you haven't tried Siege, and you want a challenge until CoD4 Remastered and Battlefield 1, Siege is definitely well worth your money.