Rainbow Six Siege Beta: 10 Big Things You Need To Know
9. Shield Usage Is A Little OP
When it comes to Siege shields are a bit of a double-edged sword. On one hand they're a vital component of the terrorist hunt mode - where players can coordinate to have their shield user take point and be shadowed by an assault rifle or shotgun user - but on the other they give a huge advantage to PVP combat. When crouched shield users are pretty much impenetrable. If you're lucky enough to lure them into a trap with C4 or toss a quick grenade you may be able to finish them off with a flank, but bar that if you see one of these guys coming around a corner you better turn and find the nearest exit. There really isn't an effective strategy to counter them at this time unless your team is greater in numbers, but figuring out how to balance them shouldn't be too difficult for Ubi's developers to suss before it releases. As I say, they're really fun to use when deployed cooperatively, but they mess with the PVP formula too much at this given time.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
