Patch 4.2

With the release of the 4.2 update rainbow six siege has changed significantly.  With the introduction of claymore roaming will be cut down significantly.  When they claymore is destroyed it explodes with a very loud sound that alerts the attacker that you are in the area.  If it is not destroyed the defender will set of the claymore which will either kill the defender or injure them.

The whole point of the game was to be a breach and clear and this update really help put that back into the game.  It forces players to play the objective and use longer range weapons rather than short ranged shotguns.

Twitch got a buff as well she now has two shock drones now, each with extended shock range. One drown will now be deployed at the beginning of the match.  Giving the user a chance to cripple the defense before the game is begun.  It can now take out jammers and shock wires before the round even starts.

Black beard has officially been turned of form being god like.  His shield finally breaks after roughly forty hits with an automatic weapon, and breaks with only three to five hits from a shotgun from medium range .  At close range it can break form one to two hits from a shotgun.

The final operator to get a buff is Doc.  His steam pistol can now heal himself and other players around him.  This is a game changer since now a defensive players can now be healed after taking heavy fire from the enemy.  He also can over heal which is the same as a power up in other games. It gives the receiver a extra boost of  health to withstand a little bit more damage than normally.

Personally myself and other gamers that I work with have a love and hate relationship with the update.  It makes it super hard to roam which has been our M.O for the longest time.   Now on defense we have to change our approach to the game.  However on offense it has saved our lives more than once with the addition of claymores.  However all one has to do to get around a claymore is wait for the enemy team to engage your team and while bullets and gun are going off destroy the claymore.  The explosion is muffled in the the sound of gun fire.

While the addition itself is not overall unbearable the one character that is causing an uproar is Thermite.  His job is to get the team into a room or building.  However with the new update he is given a claymore and smoke grenades.  the claymore isn't bad however the smoke grenades are pointless for him.  He's not fast enough to out run the smoke screen.  Prior this update he had breaching charges which helped a great deal when it came to  getting into places.  The community would much rather see the breaching charge put back into play with him.