It looks like Rainbow Six Siege will be adopting an Apex Legends-style ping system moving forward, although it won’t be quite as advanced. Rainbow Six Siege has released a slew of new announcements recently, from information about this year’s new Rainbow Six operators to the recent news that Rainbow Six Siege will finally be coming to the Google Stadia, as well as both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X game consoles when they launch later this year.
Rainbow Six Siege has just entered its fifth year of continuous support, and despite a rocky start the game has continued to grow in popularity over time thanks to repeated free updates and a development team which clearly takes fan feedback into account. Despite numerous gameplay tweaks and multiplayer changes over the years, however, one recent title has perfected a form of nonverbal communication in the way few online FPS games have ever done before, and now it appears as if the developers of Rainbow Six Siege have taken note and will now be implementing a similar functionality in their own game.
Now, thanks to a showcase at Six International, players know Rainbow Six Siege will be adopting a ping system similar to the one found in the battle royale game Apex Legends, although not quite as complex. Rainbow Six Siege had previously allowed players to offer up a generic marker in order to ping an object or location, but there was no distinction as to what exactly was being marked. Moving forward, the game is allowing players to ping specific gadgets in order to show other players where exactly such items are located on the map.
Once pinged, a gadget icon stays active on the map for the duration of the match, unless the gadget is destroyed or until another gadget is pinged by the player. While this system isn’t nearly as complex as the ping mechanic found in Apex Legends, which changes both contextually depending on what the player is looking at and is also adjustable via a radial menu, it is a step in the right direction towards proper non-verbal communication between different teammates in a multiplayer session.
New ping systems aren’t the only new alterations coming to Ubisoft’s popular multiplayer franchise, as Rainbow Six Siege has also announced major changes coming to its eSports systems and new roadmaps for years five and six. The game also recently introduced two new operators to Rainbow Six Siege, as well as details about Operation Void Edge, which will be occurring soon. Clearly, Ubisoft has no plans to abandon its multiplayer franchise in the near future, and Rainbow Six Siege fans will continue to have a lot to look forward to in the years to come.
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Source: PC Gamer
