Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Steel Wave is available, trailers and details
Operation Steel Wave, which represents the second season of Year 5, introduces the attacker Ace and the defender Melusi, arriving respectively from Norway and South Africa, as well as a completely renewed version of the Home map and a series of changes to the gameplay.
I Year 5 Pass holders will be able to use the new operators immediately, while all the other players will be able to unlock them starting from June 23rd using their Fama points or R6 credits. The other seasonal unpublished contents, including the renewed version of the Home map, will be available for free to all players. Operation Steel Wave will also have its own Battle Pass, which will be launched on June 29th.
The two new operators are:
The Norwegian Ace , who has supplied the device, S. E. L. M. A., throwable and able to attach itself to any vertical surface, slowly destroying up to three panels, one after the other. The S. E. L. M. A. may also be launched against almost every gadget the defensive, so as to destroy it with their own hands or through the explosive gel. The south african Melusi , an operator of defense that takes advantage of some electronic devices, deployable, called Banshee. Cause an effect slowing down any assailant ends up in their line of sight. The Banshee can also be used as tracking devices, as they produce a sound that is easily identifiable each time an assailant comes in their radius of action. In addition to the two new operators, the players will be able to explore a completely new version of the map Home, extended, compared to the previous. In addition, we made other changes throughout the map to allow further evolution of the gameplay. Operation Steel Wave also introduces a new secondary device to the defenders, the Proximity Alarm . This small device is throwable, and dockable is a tool to collect information essential because it warns acoustically the defenders of the presence of an attacker in your line of sight.
Among the major changes to the game we point out instead the unification of the Match Making Rating (MMR)., the buff, Amaru, and the addition of the set Echo Elite
