So, laser sights in Rainbow 6 Siege, "are they any good?" You ask Well, in order to be able to answer that we need to get a precise understanding of the benefits they deliver, as well as any potential drawbacks As always guys, if you trust me implicitly and you really don't care how I came to my conclusions skip forward to 4:23 now. Otherwise, stick around for a quick insight into the tests I conducted As we know from the in game description, the purpose of the laser sight is to increase your hipfire accuracy. So I suppose the best way to test this is to take a variety of different weapons and shoot them at a blank wall with both the laser sight attached and without it and see what difference it makes. And as you can see by this example here it definitely does make a difference, but more importantly notice how all of the shots without exception fall perfectly within the targeting reticle on screen and this is great news for me, because it might just mean that I don't have to stand here for five minutes with every gun, twice over shooting at a blank wall to gather my data I can just use the targeting reticle as a reliable indicator for hipfire accuracy instead.
But experience experimenting in Rainbow 6 Siege has shown me we shouldn't always rely on the results from individual samples so I went ahead and expanded this test to also a sub-machine gun, a shotgun and a pistol. And good news everyone. In all cases the targeting reticle did in fact prove to be a reliable indicator for hipfire accuracy. Excellent, and with this knowledge it now becomes a simple task to take screenshots of various weapons in various different states, standing still, walking shooting, and walking and shooting at the same time In order to be able to determine hipfire accuracy Running these tests, it quickly became clear to me that attaching the laser sight will always reduce your hip fire spread by 25%, no matter what gun you're using or what state you're in and while I was at it I
thought I might as well take these tests one step further and try to figure out
the movement and shooting accuracy penalty for each gun is there a fixed
multiplier that applies to all guns to increase the spread when walking or
shooting? Of course there isn't even though some weapons of the same
type, handle in the same way, like for example the C8, type 89, and 552 commando
others like the M249 and the 6P41 don't The general rule of thumb is that
smaller weapons like SMGs and pistols have tighter spreads, while larger guns
machine guns, shotguns, DMR's have larger spreads with the gap in
between filled by the assault rifles.
But as for the multipliers, in the 21 cases I
examined the walking multiplier range between 1.88 And 3.17 Times the standing still spread. Shooting multipliers were between
2.7 And 7.3 And the shooting plus walking multiplier ranged from 4.6 To 10.05. And to complicate things even more for some
weapons the walking spread was smaller than the full auto shooting spread, while
for others it was reversed. The bottom line here is that these spread
multipliers can vary widely from gun to gun but you can trust the targeting
reticle and that's at least something and now back to the benefit of the laser
sight 25% in spread reduction that's pretty good, and with the laser side it's
different than the grips or the muzzle adaptors.
I mean for those you always
have to make a choice do you want one type of benefit or another there is
always an opportunity cost. For the laser sight, there is no such thing it's either
you pick it, or you don't. Okay yes there's the cost of unlocking
it the first time, but come on you play one game and you've got that. So the only
reason that someone might not pick the laser sight is that it makes you more
visible to the enemy.
But does it though? Let's explore, and actually I might as
well make this discussion a part of conclusion, so welcome back if you're
rejoining us here the benefit of the laser sight is a 25% reduction in
hipfire spread and I will now take a closer look at the reason why players
might not choose to run a laser sight. The laser sight can potentially give
your position away in two different ways: number one the enemy might spot the
reflection of your sight, and number two if you shine the laser straight into
their eyes they will see a red glow, who would have thought? Going by the number
of comments I've seen on forums as well as in the comments section of my channel,
there are a significant number of players who are worried by these factors,
but there are a few reasons why I think that this disadvantage is actually much
smaller than you think first off as I already mentioned in my
video on suppressors Rainbow six siege is a game where in most matches stealth
is not really a viable tactic for very long the noise you make while moving can
easily give you away both the attackers and defenders have access to remote
cameras, plus there are kill cams and players on either team can talk to each
other, so keeping your position hidden becomes increasingly difficult as a
match progresses. With these factors in mind I think that any worries about
whether or not your laser pointer will get you spotted are already somewhat
misplaced. But before I wrap up let's also consider the two different ways in
which the laser can be seen by the enemy.
I mean, number two they can see the red
glow if they're looking at you and you're aiming at their head this
"disadvantage" and I'm making air-quote gestures here is completely irrelevant
since by the time they realize that you're aiming a laser sight at their
head the killcam replay will already be starting for them. That is unless you go
full potato just as you're pulling the trigger. And what about number one
spotting the reflection of your laser sure, I guess this could potentially
happen but how likely is it really that in the heat of battle with explosions
and gunfire going off all around the place, someone is going to spot a tiny
red dot zipping across the wall in front of them and not only do they need to see
the dot, they then need to realize that it belongs to an enemy as opposed to a
friend and then they need to guess your location based on that information and
then take you out. Given all the other much more
reliable methods of detecting enemies in this game I believe that the chance of
you dying because the enemy spotted your laser sight is negligibly low you need a
lot of bad luck for that to happen.
So bottom line, my recommendation is use the
laser sight there's really no reason not to and 25% improvement in hipfire spread
can be a real help and that's it thanks for watching and as always leave a
comment below with your thoughts on the "Fookin' laser sights" and if you have a
story of ever detecting an enemy or being detected because of the laser feel
free to share I'd love to hear it. As always guys I hope you enjoyed the video
and I'll see you in the next episode!.
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