Ubisoft has revealed extra particulars for its upcoming Testing Grounds playlist, arriving in Rainbow Six Siege X subsequent January.
Testing Grounds is a brand new experimental mode that enables gamers to check options in growth, with the primary topic surrounding adjustments to armour and pace.
In a video posted on Rainbow Six Siege X’s socials, a preview was shared on how the brand new armour and pace system works. Gamers can now customise how sturdy, cell and loud an operator is earlier than a match begins.
The video makes use of Gridlock for example, an assault operator that was historically one armour and three pace. The brand new system permits gamers to regulate ranges, with 5 ranges of armour, three factors for sound, a well being vary between 70 to 150 and customisable pace.
Primarily based on the submit, each 20 well being added or eliminated enacts a 5% buff or penalty to hurry, with sound starting from regular, loud and presumably a ‘quiet’ possibility relying on how a lot well being is delegated.
The Testing Floor goals to collect suggestions from the neighborhood earlier than it’s absolutely carried out into the stay model of the sport. When the brand new armour and pace change can be added has but to be confirmed by Ubisoft.
Lengthy-time gamers could recognise Testing Grounds as one thing just like the technical check servers that Ubisoft would maintain prior to now, solely for PC customers.
Will this Affect R6 Esports?
Operators are a necessary a part of the aggressive steadiness of Rainbow Six Siege X, and so adjustments to armour and pace will undoubtedly shake up the meta for each the informal {and professional} scenes.
Relying on how lengthy it takes to collect suggestions and the way rapidly the characteristic is carried out, followers may even see the change have an effect on the 2026 Six Invitationals in February. Even when it misses out, the change will nonetheless be in impact for future tournaments and majors subsequent season.
