During the final day of the BLAST R6 Major Manchester, Ubisoft revealed all the details about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 9 Season 2, Operation New Blood.
While the game’s upcoming season won’t feature a brand new operator, Ubisoft has been working on reimagining Recruit, which will be known as Striker (attacker) and Sentry (defender). Additionally, the new operation brings changes to Fenrir and Solis gadgets, the full release of Siege’s marketplace, a new membership system, and more!
Here’s everything you need to know about Operation New Blood!
Striker and Sentry are released during Operation New Blood
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege’s Recruit will be transformed with the arrival of Operation New Blood. Players can equip themselves with Operation New Blood Attacker And Sentinel with two gadgets. Additionally, their weapon options have been completely transformed.
Starting in Year 9, Season 2, Striker (Attacker) and Sentry (Defender) have access to all gadgets in the game and can combine them as they see fit, with only one restriction: they are not allowed to carry two. gadgets of the same kind. This means that Sentry cannot equip two C4s and Striker cannot carry six stun grenades. However, this opens up a lot of possibilities, especially with Striker, who we expect to see regularly with harsh offense charges and Impact EMPs.
Here’s a closer look at Striker and Sentry:
Attacker
Striker will be the attacker’s recruit and an operator with two health and two speed. Their equipment includes the following weapons and gadgets:
Primary weapons
- Mavericks M4
- Capitão and Gridlock’s M249
Secondary weapons
- Ash and Thermite’s 5.7 USG
- ITA 12S from Jackal and Frost
Gadgets
- Stun grenades
- Accusations of harsh infringement
- Fragmentation grenades
- Impact EMP
- Smoke grenades
- Claymore
- Soft infringement charges
Sentinel
Sentry will be the defender’s recruit and a two-health, two-speed operator. Their equipment includes the following weapons and gadgets:
Primary weapons
- IQ and Grim’s Commando 9
- Hunter and Bandit’s M870
Secondary weapons
- Vigil and Dokkaebi’s C75 Car
- Gridlock and Castle’s Super Shorty
Gadgets
- Impact grenades
- Deployable shield
- Barbed wire
- Nitro cell
- Proximity alarm
- Observation blocking
- Bulletproof camera
Operation New Blood will introduce changes to Solis and Fenrir’s gadgets as Ubisoft continues to work on balancing these two operators.
It’s understood that both Solis and Fenrir will be taken out in Operation New Blood, with the changes aimed at reducing the efficiency of their gadgets. You can read more about these adjustments here!
Solis
Solis’ most noticeable change is that she is not allowed to use her SPEC-IO Sensor during the preparation phase. Her drone hunting days are over.
In addition, her SPEC-IO sensor’s timer has been reduced from 20 to 10 seconds. If that’s not enough, players are not allowed to use the gadget if it is not fully charged. Last but not least, the action range of Solis’s gadget is also affected.
Fenrir
While Fenrir’s changes aren’t as profound as Solis’, the defender also gets a major nerf. Starting with the number of devices, Fenrir will only carry four mines (instead of five). In addition, the number of activation codes has been reduced from three to two. However, he gets a code back every time someone destroys a mine.
Ubisoft has also adjusted the bulletproof status of Fenrir’s mines, losing their bulletproof status every time the gadget is activated once. After that, the mine will not regain its bulletproof state, even if Fenrir decides to close it.
Fenrir’s final change is in his equipment, as Ubisoft will remove Fenrir’s barbed wire to give him Observation Blockers.
With Operation New Blood, Ubisoft introduces a membership system. This allows players to unlock unique cosmetics and other perks.
Each month, players have access to the Premium Battle Pass, which includes various cosmetics worth 4,500 R6 Credits each month. The rewards for each month will be given to registered players on the 28th of each month.
According to today’s panel, players who sign up for membership before June 27 will have access to the first drop, which includes:
- Ash Epic Bundle
- 10 skipped combat levels
- One Bravo package
- Legendary Warden weapon skin
Players who join for the entire season will also receive an operator voucher.
In addition, players will have access to the Battle Pass, which includes:
- One operator voucher
- Exclusive skins
- 18 Bravo packages and one Bravo ticket
- 600 R6 credits
- 10% discount in the in-game store
- 30% Battle Pass progress
Marketplace will be fully released with Operation New Blood
On January 30, Ubisoft opened the Marketplace, a website where players can sell their cosmetics for R6 Credits. So far, the reviews have been great, despite players only being able to sell certain skins.
However, with the launch of Operation New Blood, all players above level 25 can sell their skins on the market. In addition, Ubisoft will introduce new features to the website.
New training and warm-up playlist called Endless Drill
Endless Drill will be deployed in the live version of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege with the launch of Operation New Blood. This game mode is considered a training and warm-up playlist, as players can play whatever map they want for an hour while infinite static enemies spawn across the map.
Once you start an Endless Drill match, Mira will give you the location (which can be deactivated) of each of the enemies on the map. After clearing the basement (if there is one) you will have to move to the first and second floors. Once you clear the map, the objectives will be restored and the static bots will respawn.
Fenrir to get the next Elite Bundle
Fenrir is getting an Elite Bundle for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege! The defender, who takes a nerf in Operation New Blood, will receive the Oneirophobia Elite Set.
Attrition temporarily back to Arcade playlist
Attrition will be added to Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege’s Arcade playlist with the launch of Operation New Blood. The game mode will return briefly from June 18 to July 2.
Attrition is a game mode where the five operators used in a round are automatically blocked for the rest of the match. Therefore, after using one operator, players cannot use it again.
Stadium Alpha and Stadium Bravo lose bulletproof glass
Ubisoft realized how much of an advantage the bulletproof glass in Stadium Alpha and Stadium Bravo gave the players. The attackers had the opportunity to place a virtually indestructible drone outside the bulletproof glass in order to have a constant flow of information. Meanwhile, defenders could use it to spawn or to know the exact location of the attackers, which in combination with the yellow ping was extremely deadly.
That’s why the developers at Ubisoft decided to make changes to Stadium Alpha and Stadium Bravo, as they would get rid of those pesky bulletproof glasses. Additionally, adjustments will be made to some rooms and doors on the maps.
Player protection
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege’s reputation system will not see any changes as the developer team has decided to keep it in beta until Season 4. Therefore, we will have to wait a few more months to see the final form. Until then, Ubisoft will continue to listen to player feedback.
Spectator changes
Ubisoft introduces changes to Spectator mode, as they replace the large operator window with minimal operator windows so as not to block the spectator’s point of view.