Rainbow Six Siege's Free Ash Elite Skin Not Being Rewarded, And Other Known Issues

The rollout of the major new Operation Chimera update for Rainbow Six Siege is upon us, but players are encountering some hiccups on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Ubisoft has confirmed a variety of known issues with both Chimera's additions and the new Outbreak mode, as well as one involving the free skin many players should have received.

Ubisoft angered players with its plans to change Siege's pricing and ultimately relented. Among the apologies it planned to offer was Ash's Sidewinder Elite skin, which would be made available to all players for free by playing a match before March 6, the day of Chimera's launch. If you qualified, it should be in your inventory now that the update has gone live, but many players have reported that it isn't showing up.

In a list of known issues outlined on Reddit, Ubisoft confirms it's aware of the problem and says a fix is in progress. The same is also true for an issue where the inventory doesn't show the Damascus Steel skin. Some other issues--including the VIP discount not working and Starter Edition players being unable to buy old Operators--have already been resolved. And if you haven't received your free Outbreak loot boxes for logging in, Ubisoft says you should simply restart the game to resolve it.

Other problems don't appear to have been addressed yet. These include a delay that Buck encounters when switching to and from his Skeleton Key shotgun, voice chat not functioning, and party leaders being lost in matchmaking. You can see all of the problems Ubisoft is aware of here.

As for what's new, the Chimera update introduces two new Operators and the limited-time Outbreak mode, which features special new maps. There are also other changes that have been made to the game, as you can read about in the full Chimera patch notes.

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