Rainbow Six Siege fans roundly boo the announcement of a new monthly subscription service

pcgamer.com:

Rainbow Six Siege has been an ongoing success for Ubisoft for nearly a decade now, and shows no sign of slowing down—it was just in March, in fact, that the game set a new all-time concurrent player record on Steam of more than 201,000. But not everyone is thrilled with the weekend announcement of a new subscription service for Siege called R6 Membership, which promises exclusive content drops, animated skins, and premium battle pass access for $10 per month.

Siege's upcoming year 9 season 2 will feature a «complete remaster» of the Recruit, the game's original operator, which will get a new look and new attacker and defender archetypes that will enable two different gadgets to be selected depending on the chosen role. In lieu of a new operator, premium battle pass owners will get a voucher that can be redeemed for any operator currently in the lineup; those who already own all the operators in Rainbow Six Siege will instead be given 600 R6 Credits.

The update will also nerf the defenders Fenrir and Solis, «who were too strong in matches and demanded significant attention from attackers»: The number of F-Natt Dread Mines Fenrir can carry has been reduced to four and they're no longer bulletproof, while the duration and range of Solis' SPEC-IO sensor has been reduced. A new Endless Drill mode will give players the opportunity to improve their abilities without being mercilessly pounded by other humans, and of course there's a range of other updates, tweaks, and changes in the pipe.

But it's the addition of the R6 Membership that has some players unhappy. For $10 per month, or $80 for an annual signup, subscribers get «a continuous stream of premium content that keeps your Ops equipped with the best exclusive gear.» Monthly content drops will include «a time-limited Legendary item (sometimes animated for extra flair) [and] an Epic operator bundle,» along with montly cosmetic «Bravo packs» and full access to the premium Battle Pass with 10 level skips.

The announcement