This post will serve as a megathread for information about Year 8 Season 4: Operation Deep Freeze.

You can watch the reveal live here: https://twitch.tv/rainbow6

General

  • Test Server launch: TBD
  • Live Server launch: TBD
  • Gameplay overview trailer: TBD

New Defender: Tubarão

  • ? speed Operator from Portugal
  • Gadget: Zoto Canister
  • Counters: TBD
  • Primary weapons:
    • TBD
    • TBD
  • Secondary weapons:
    • TBD
    • TBD
  • Secondary gadgets:
    • TBD
    • TBD

New Map: Lair

Gameplay Updates, New Features & Other Changes

R6S Marketplace

  • Marketplace to buy & sell cosmetics
  • Closed beta launching this season

Defender AI Playlist

  • AI defenders trained on real player behavior
  • Two difficulties: Beginner & Advanced
  • Available for Clubhouse

Player Onboarding: Map Run

  • Dedicated mode to learn specific maps

Player Onboarding: Removal of Training Grounds & Situations

  • Removal of Training Grounds (aka Terrorist Hunt) and Situations in favor of new onboarding features

Balancing: Frag Grenades

  • Remove ability to cook grenades
  • 4 second fuse timer after being tossed, slightly reduced after hitting surface

Controller improvements

  • Freely remap controller buttons
  • Deadzones can now be reduced to 0%
  • Later this season: leaning without ADSing

Battle Pass Navigation

  • Interactive overview for improved navigation

Balancing: Updated Shield Mechanisms

  • Launching on Test Server later in the season
  • Jesus_PKBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    • It would have been way easier and better balance to just force you to commit into throwing the cooked nade (instead of being able to cancel it whenever you want). This is like the bottom of the barrel balancing again by removing a mechanic.

    • Expected the deserved boooooo for removing T-Hunt. I love when I’m losing content (people play it besides learning stuff like the new things they adding to “replace” it)

    • I don’t play console, but 8 years to finally give them fully customizable keybinds is kinda wild lmao

    • Marketplace will be prolly be overpriced as hell, but if I can get the couple of things I’m actually interested in I’ll be okay with it. Prolly it will just be black ice circlejerk (I can finally get rid of em yipee)

    • Also reusing an SMG that has been already reused… Same with the pistol 😮‍💨