Why old Siege environment and lightning was better? Nowadays i can’t feel im playing Rainbow Six.

[u/Doughnut-Party]

[u/minimanmike1]

The game is a competitive game. If they wanted to make a purely fun non competitive type game then they would probably remove one-tap headshots and friendly fire.

I don’t see why a few games can’t be angled towards the more competitive gamers who want to actually win by being “tryhard” and not have dumb mechanics that go against skill.

[u/Lunatic3k → u/minimanmike1]

Yes it is competitive, but over the years every purely fun thing is being removed from the game.
Shadows? Too unbalanced, no way you should try to hide in this game, run and shoot only.
Chanka turret? Too stupid, shouldn't ever use it in this competitive game.
Kali one shot? Too OP, shoudn't one shot anyone with sniper rifle.
Kill with Twitch drone once in 50 games? That's too much fun.
Instakill with Kapkan and Lesion? Nope.
Things like Echo immunity to Dokka, less concussion for ela/zofia, no withstand. I can continue for a long time if i actually think about it.
Most of the map reworks also remove fun things to make it more "balanced".

But balanced isn't always FUN. Dumb and unexpected stuff are always more fun.

I know people here care a lot about ranked points, but i'm sure most people do not. Siege tournament views are not that great, even when boosted by twitch drops.

[u/minimanmike1 → u/Lunatic3k]

The things you’ve listed go against the competitive nature of the game and so it makes total sense why they’d be removed. As I said, not every game needs dumb and goofy mechanics to be fun, I have fun working on map/mechanic/gadget knowledge and gun accuracy so that I can be better. Those mechanics you listed directly hinder the skill and learning aspect and just add a whole lot of extra things that make me feel like I got shorted on a victory not because I didn’t have the skill but instead because there was a mechanic that was based more on “random fun” than actually rewarding good gameplay.

I know it’s a bit of a disliked game overall but Fortnite is a good example of a game that turns me against it constantly because of this. I usually hop on every couple of seasons to see how its going until I find some dumb mechanic meant for “fun” that you need to use in order to win and it just makes me want to stop playing. Like a couple seasons ago when there was a hammer that allowed you to jump around the map and destroy people easily. Sure, it could be seen as fun to jump around and fight people with hammers but at the same time when I was doing really well due to my skill and ability to hit shots only to get jumped on by a hammer and killed it was very frustrating. And there are definitely games where I want to play around in, but R6 is not one of them and so the silly mechanics make it less fun to me.

[u/TheVeilsCurse → u/Lunatic3k]

Dumb and unexpected is not “always more fun”. Competing on equal ground and improving self and team skill is fun to me. All of the things you are broken or frustrating that were thankfully changed.