Rainbow Six Siege Playlist Changes Incoming

Ubisoft have announced changes for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege playlists, dated for this month. In a post to the Ubisoft forums, the company said the game’s casual and ranked playlists will be updated. The HUD of the casual and ranked playlists will be synced to make the experience consistent across both. The evened out settings will allow casual players to try out the more competitive matches, while ranked players can experiment in the casual playlists.

In addition to these updates in mid to late December, the company also wants to add a hardcore playlist in 2016. It will offer a more realistic mode for players seeking a greater challenge. The developers are considering a minimal HUD, as well as displaying mag count vs ammo count. For full details on the changes, check out the post. If you’re thinking of picking the game up, check out Gameranx’s Before You Buy video on the game.

Ubisoft explains the reasoning behind these changes:

We are convinced that Casual and Ranked experiences should be as close and consistent as possible. Players of Casual matches should feel welcome to try a more ‘competitive’ playlist and get a rating for their performances, without having to re-learn or re-adapt to new settings. Similarly, Ranked players should feel compelled to launch in Casual, either to play without ‘ladder anxiety’ or just to try out a new strategy or Operator. For these reasons we are re-synching HUD on Ranked and Casual.

As for a Hardcore Playlist, we fully understand the desire for a more ‘realistic’ mode and want to support this at its best, without compromising the game play. As stated, this is a priority for us in 2016 and in the meantime, we invite you to try the Hardcore pre-set in Custom games and send us your feedback.

Rainbow Six Siege is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC