Rainbow Six Siege to introduce a reload rework with Operation Commanding force

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Rainbow Six Siege is all set to reveal a brand new Season on February 18, 2023, called Operation Commanding Force. On their official Twitter handle, Ubisoft recently teased that a reload rework for Siege is on the way with Year 8 Season 1. Several fans and popular content creators have been requesting a reload-cancel feature in the past, and the upcoming update could potentially introduce it.

As Siege is a tactical shooter with an extremely high learning curve, most newcomers struggle to learn the title's wide variety of strategies while getting used to the gun mechanics. Ubisoft has slowly been overhauling these features over the past few Seasons to make the title far more beginner-friendly and balanced.

A few days ago, Ubisoft dropped a brief teaser video for the upcoming Operation alongside a reveal date. With no roadmap officially released for Year 8 yet, fans are impatient to know what the developers have in mind for Rainbow Six Siege.

Following this, Ubisoft tweeted yet another teaser from their official handle, featuring the label 'Reload Rework' on it. The post pointed to an upcoming rework of the game's reload mechanics as it warned fans about watching their ammo:

For quite some time now, the community has been wondering if Ubisoft is willing to replace the reload cancelation feature in Rainbow Six Siege. This essentially allows players to cancel their reload animation midway so they can jump back into a gunfight. Since the very beginning, several players have been against this as they feel that it provides an unfair advantage during a duel.

Overhauling this feature could potentially change the way that all gunfights work in Rainbow Six Siege. In contrast, many players have praised the way that duels in Siege work