R6 is a much better place for players now
Ubisoft has released a Player Protection Update for October 2024 with improvements to the game’s anti-cheat system and some updates on how they want to deal with Anti Toxicity in the game. There will be a refresh to the Reputation system which will further strengthen the game’s anti-toxicity efforts.
Successful Dealing with Cheats in Rainbow Six Siege
Ubisoft has been making strides in dealing with cheaters. Year 9 Season 3 was a significant step forward for the game with cheats being down for nearly an entire week, the latest blogpost reveals. There has been a steady wave of bans which have been extremely helpful in dealing with cheats in the FPS title.
Dealing with cheats is always an ongoing task and cheaters will always find ways to circumvent the system. However, Ubisoft has demonstrated its capability to deal with cheaters and eradicate them from the game regularly.
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Reputation System Refresh Y9S4
There’s a complete refresh to the Reputation System that forms a part of the game’s anti-toxicity push. The refresh is a part of the game’s push to do less but do it better in dealing with toxicity in the game.
The focus of this system is to fulfil and stay true to our core pillars: transparency, understandability, and clarity.
How does it work?
The blogpost says the new update will look for negativity first and positivity next. This will ensure that negative players are noticeable first. Toxicity will lead to a negative standing. On the other hand, players that have a positive behavior with the occasional negative output will receive a Standing of Exemplary tag. To further clarify the situations where a player might drop from a Standing of Exemplary to a Negative standing, Ubisoft has outlined a few situations.
- Active Playlists: Ranked, Standard, and Quick Match (leaving a Quick Match will not impact Standing).
- Reports: Unverified reports will NOT have an effect on your Standing, only YOUR actions will.
- Penalties: Reverse Friendly Fire (RFF) and Abandonment Penalties will continue to be handled in the same way.
- Communication: Negative communication-related actions will cause a player to be automatically muted for a predetermined number of matches.
- UI: We are redesigning the Reputation Center to further provide all information related to Standings and any problematic behaviors.
- Standing Impacts: Impacts based on your Standing alone will only go live once the Reputation System leaves BETA.
This new system is still in beta and will leave the beta phase only after Y9S4. At the time of writing, there is no set date for the system to leave the beta phase.
The developers have also made their nickname acceptance policy much more robust. As a result of their actions, nearly 12% of all nicknames were removed from the game.
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