What's up guys, Rouge-9 here
and I'm back with some more Rainbow 6 siege.
As you know, I prioritize my videos based on viewer demand
and up this time, the bain of Thatcher's existence
"Fookin' laser sights"
Exactly. And apparently he doesn't think too much of them at all.
So yes, we'll be looking at
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
and yes, that's what LASER actually stands for,
look, you've learned something already.
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!