The latest patch for Rainbow Six Siege is about to drop, bringing with it some pretty significant changes to the FPS game's balancing. The Y5S3.3 patch notes have just hit the multiplayer game's site, and there are some notable changes to attacking operator Glaz, the way ballistic shields work, weapon swaps, and more included.
As detailed in the latest Rainbow Six Siege patch notes, back-line marksman Glaz gets two key changes when the update goes live: "reduced vision recovery time to 0.4 seconds (down from one second)" and "reduced movement penalisation by 50% to 12 seconds (up from six seconds)". These buffs are pretty intriguing as they tie into some questions Siege players have raised about Glaz in the past.
For example, as YouTuber Matimi0 highlights in this recent clip, the op's previous abilities meant he could lob a smoke screen, and then move forward through it, using his scope to pick off defenders pretty easily - a little too easily, some in the community previously suggested. Subsequent changes meant he'd be slapped with reduced vision pretty quickly when moving - but now his vision depletes half as slowly, possibly giving him a real edge again.
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