Season 3 will shake up Rainbow Six Siege considerably. However, a small, rather inconspicuous change seems to be more important than many think – at least according to the YouTuber and Rainbow expert BikiniBodhi.
What is this change? In Season 3 of Year 5 in Rainbow Six Siege, defenders will see a change to the wall reinforcements. Instead of providing each defender with two reinforcements, the entire team will now receive a total of 10 together.
With a full team, this keeps the number of reinforcements the same, but not everyone has to use their two charges. Instead, two players can build the defense while the others prepare traps. Furthermore, there will still be 10 reinforcements even if players are missing – which at least mitigates the disadvantage somewhat.
This change might sound like a simple extra aimed mainly at improving gameplay quality, but it has significantly larger implications.
New reinforcements buff weak Operators
Why is this change so important? The well-known YouTuber BikiniBodhi, who recently had to deal with a ban, claims that this change will strengthen numerous Operators. This includes Maestro and Kapkan. The latter is considered one of the least popular.
This is because these Operators require a lot of preparation time to set up their traps and gadgets. They need this time to reinforce walls as well, which often leads to them being unable to accomplish both within the preparation time.
In Season 3, however, that should be possible again, allowing Kapkan to set more aggressive and deadly traps to surprise attackers. BikiniBodhi demonstrates how this looks in his video:
Kapkan himself has also risen in popularity lately, as various buffs and nerfs to other Operators have made him more useful again (via Gamestar). The reinforcements themselves will become somewhat weaker, as a new gadget from attackers can simply destroy them.
What else will change in Season 3? With Season 3, a bug that has plagued players for 5 years will be fixed, which prevents drones from detecting bombs. What else to expect can be found in our overview of Season 3:
One important new feature is the new Operator Sam “Zero” Fisher, the protagonist of the famous Splinter Cell series. He provides more reconnaissance for attackers. However, how strong he will ultimately be remains to be seen.
If you want to try out Kapkan or another previously unpopular Operator with Season 3, you can easily track your progress. Rainbow Six will receive its own tracker with Season 3, which shows you in what situations you are strong and where you need to improve.
