Rainbow Six Siege reverses Ying Candela buff following backlash
Rainbow Six Siege rolls back changes to Ying’s Candela count one week after the Y5S2.1 update.
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Ubisoft has deployed an unexpected patch to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, reversing changes made to Ying with last week’s Y5S2.1 balancing patch. The controversial update broughtmajor reforms to several Operators earlier this month,despite widespread community concerns over their impact on the tactical shooter. That included substantial changes to the Hong Kong attacker, quickly perceived as overpowered in the days that followed.
The midseason patch introduces three shakeups to Ying, increasing her Candela count to four, switching claymores for smoke grenades, and buffing her T-95 LSW light machinegun. While the latter adjustments remain present in the game, Ubisoft has now reversed the added Candela to improve balancing. That follows widespread backlash among the community, with a combination of four Candelas and two smoke grenades quickly clouding defender vision.
The update also introduces a daily level XP cap for the Training Grounds (formerly Terrorist Hunt) mode, where Ubisoft hopes to reduce the presence of bots and “smurfs” across the game’s level-locked Ranked playlist. We see receive a fix for a former MMR bug, which incorrectly displayed the MMR rollback values in the presence of a cheater.
We’re rolling out updates today for some of the issues addressed in our top issues bloghttps://t.co/bMouTSZL67✔ Daily level XP cap for PvE✔ MMR rollback popup bug fix💡 Ying’s Candelas Reduced from 4 to 3PC OnlyTime: 9:00 EDT/13:00 UTCDowntime: 20 Minutespic.twitter.com/CAEQmHgEgKWe’re rolling out updates today for some of the issues addressed in our top issues bloghttps://t.co/bMouTSZL67✔ Daily level XP cap for PvE✔ MMR rollback popup bug fix💡 Ying’s Candelas Reduced from 4 to 3PC OnlyTime: 9:00 EDT/13:00 UTCDowntime: 20 Minutespic.twitter.com/CAEQmHgEgK— Rainbow Six Siege (@Rainbow6Game)April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
The hotfix is now live on PC, impacting players with copies purchased via Steam, Uplay, and the Epic Games Store. Ubisoft frames today’s update as “PC Only,” with Xbox One and PlayStation availability likely to follow over the days ahead.
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