The Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm release date introduced Siege players to a fresh operator in the form of the awesome Grim, the reappearance of a familiar map, and a suite of tweaks to improve the excellent Ubisoft shooter. All of this propelled Year 7 of Rainbow Six Siege forward into a promising era that we’re sure you’re looking back fondly on.
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm release date
The Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm release date happened on September 6, 2022. This new season of content was fully announced on August 21, 2022, following a number of teasers in the days leading up to the aforementioned announcement. This was the third season of content in Rainbow Six Siege’s plans for Year 7.
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm operator Grim
Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Brutal Swarm update introduced a new face to the roster – and a new operator to help you climb the Rainbow Six Siege ranks. An operative known for his aggressive reconnaissance and expert intel gathering, Grim joined Night Haven as an Attacker with a rather unusual unique gadget: the Kawan Hive Launcher.
Firing an impact projectile that explodes into a swarm of bee-like micro-robots, the Kawan Hive Launcher allows players to track enemy movements in real-time (for a limited time) from a distance. When you couple this with the fact that Grim is a three-speed, one-health Attacker, Grim is a fantastic asset to any attacking team dealing with roamers and adventurous Defenders.
As for Grim’s loadout, players could choose to go for either the 552 Commando assault rifle or SG-CQB shotgun as a primary weapon to pair with the P229 secondary. Grim players can also use the Breach Charge or Claymore as a secondary gadget.
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm Stadium map
Rainbow Six Siege’s Road to SI map, Stadium, was introduced to the map pool as a permanent fixture in Y7S3. Discussing the decision, game designer Josam L René had expressed that this was something of a “missed opportunity” for the Rainbow Six Siege team – given the fact that, prior to now, it was only available for a handful of weeks in a limited-time playlist.
Bringing in some outside help in the form of Rainbow Six Siege pro players, this map was updated to suit standard play and players can expect to be met with the unique challenge of dealing with two maps smashed together when rappelling into Stadium in Operation Brutal Swarm.
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm Impact EMP Grenade
In addition to this, a new throwable gadget was introduced to help players counter certain unique gadgets that might be plaguing their attacking efforts: the Impact EMP Grenade. Throwing this Impact EMP Grenade allowed players to deactivate nearby electronic devices for a limited time. The Impact EMP Grenade was available as a third gadget option for Blackbeard, Montagne, Dokkaebi, Nokk, Gridlock, Sledge, Lion, and Osa at the start of Operation Brutal Swarm.
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Brutal Swarm Reputation System Phase 2 and more
Ubisoft started splitting the balancing changes it implements between PC and Console. A new recoil control system came to the PC version of Rainbow Six Siege that aimed to encourage more tactical gunplay – leaning back into the core of the Rainbow Six Siege experience, in a way.
On both platforms, the second phase of Ubisoft’s Reputation System improvements were introduced. This time around, abusive text chat was tackled with penalty mutes and bans for those abusing others in the game’s text chat. Interestingly, you could actually choose to unmute a banned player if you want – however, they would be muted by default if they’re serving a penalty for abusive text chat. You could report cheating of any kind through Siege’s match replay system going forwards – which helped punish players who drop out of matches before they are reported.
Did Grim become one of the best Rainbow Six Siege operators for ranked play going forward? It’s hard to say, but he’s still loads of fun to use in the arena.
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