In the tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, a new season has begun. It brings numerous innovations but also changes that make the (re-)entry particularly rewarding right now. Additionally, there is a new operator and a battle pass full of skins and more.
Why is it particularly worthwhile to join now? On March 16, the new season 1 of year 6 in Rainbow Six Siege: Crimson Heist started. With this, some operators in the game are now cheaper, which were previously quite expensive:
- Lion and Finka now cost only 10,000 reputation or 240 R6 Credits each
- Mozzie and Gridlock now cost only 15,000 reputation or 360 R6 Credits each
- Oryx and Iana now cost only 20,000 reputation or 480 R6 Credits each
- The smallest credit bundle includes 600 credits for €4.99
Especially Mozzie is one of the operators that novices should look out for. Although he is a bit more complicated to play, he is often used even at higher ranks. With his ability, he can take control of attackers’ drones, which gives defenders a huge advantage – firstly, because attackers lose their drone, and secondly, because defenders get mobile reconnaissance. Defenders usually do not have drones.
Iana and Finka are also strong operators, but they are rarely used. According to the developers’ overview for season 1 of year 6, they are considered ‘played too little but too strong’ (via Ubisoft).
Players new to the game or returning after a break can now earn and learn these three operators faster. Furthermore, the “Newcomer game list” has been revised. It now features five of the most popular maps from Rainbow Six with only two bomb locations, making them easier to learn:
- Coastline
- Oregon
- Café Dostoyevsky
- Bank
- Clubhouse
- as well as a seasonally changing map
In our special, you will find more tips to make entering Rainbow Six Siege easier. The new “Crimson Heist” season offers even more reasons to take a look.
Crimson Heist: Patch Notes and Content
This is included in the new season: The developers revealed the contents of the new season in a video back in February. We have embedded the gameplay with the new features for you here:
In summary, the changes are:
- A new operator: the attacker Flores
- a new attacker gadget: the Gonne-6, which can be used to destroy walls from a distance
- better display of how close drones get to Mozzie’s pests and which devices are disabled by mute’s jamming signal
- the replay mode, which allows you to view, analyze, and improve your matches afterwards (currently available as beta on PC)
- Reworking of the map “Border”
- some balance changes to various operators
You can find the full patch notes on the official Ubisoft website.
What can the new operator do? Flores is presumably the biggest and most important change in the new season and the first openly gay operator of Rainbow Six. The former thief hails from Argentina and brings a new dynamic to the game.
Flores’ ability is the FGS-Ratero charge, a bomb mounted on a drone. He can place it and then control it remotely for a few seconds. After the time is up or upon reactivation, the drone anchors itself, becomes bulletproof, and explodes shortly thereafter.
With the explosion, Flores can destroy enemy gadgets or wooden walls, as well as lure enemies out of cover. The explosion timer is long enough for a defender to still escape, but it drives them out of hiding or kills them if they stand too close.
Flores has access to the assault rifle AR33 and the DMR SR-25. This makes him particularly strong at medium to longer distances, especially when he clears the way with his drones in advance.
The new Battle Pass of Crimson Heist
In addition to the gameplay changes, a new battle pass with 100 tiers comes with Rainbow Six. For the first time in the history of the game, the new operator is included in this pass instead of being in a year pass for the whole year.
The battle pass also includes some stylish skins. These are inspired by Flores, who was an active master thief before his time at Rainbow. Therefore, some operators get stylish gangster skins that slightly resemble GTA Vice City. You can see the skins in the embedded trailer here:
The battle pass costs 1,200 R6 Credits (equivalent to €9.99) or as a bundle with the first twelve tiers of the pass for 2,400 R6 Credits (equivalent to €19.99). By purchasing, you automatically unlock Flores along with his “Polarized” skin.
As the new season has just started, even newcomers now have a good chance to get involved. Rainbow Six Siege is playable on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Despite the relatively high age of the shooter, Rainbow Six Siege still ranks among the best multiplayer shooters in 2021.
