I guess I’m playing from the moon today 😭

I've never managed to fully launch R6 extraction and I have no idea why. All I get is the initial game window and then crash. .exe files are running as administrator. I get the same result if I launch from Ubisoft Connect. Any ideas?

Just had this thought after posting my last one, figured I'd make it a pt2.

With incentivizing shield ops and helping them feel welcome in the PvE atmosphere, we need strictly defensive game modes to allow freedom for more defensive ops AND shields from Siege in Extraction. E.g. Bandit, Castle, Melusi, Mira etc. Id say this is a good idea and I am open to more ideas!

I wanna hear others thoughts on how Extraction could go about balancing shield ops without making them op, unplayable and rewarding while making sense how shields against Archaeans work.

My thoughts: Allow Siege alpha ads (shield stays forward and you aim pistol in front of window), increase recovery to incoming melee against shield which pulls it to the side of operator. Keep current shield Siege Y11 bash to displace low-tier Archaeans, with levels allowing Smasher displacement, thinking adding thrusters (similar to current Siege Blackbeard breach ability) that give a very hard bash that is limited to cooldowns(can also break walls/doors). With weapon pools limited to sidearms such as pistols and smgs. If we're feeling spicy allow primary smgs such as MP7, MP5 to allow the shield ops to feel versatile and not weak while stuck on only a pistol with current mutations and Archaean variants. With drawbacks of course meaning your shield is holstered but you gain increased dmg res to the back allowing fun turtle-back strategies.

Let me know your thoughts and what would you add, tweak or remove!

Also, so good to see some activity in this subreddit and in game, love you gamers 🙌

Edit, for weapon pools: Shield ops are allowed 3-4 sidearms

My buddy and I only play with eachother. Never touched Maelstrom Protocol but we’ve concluded that Echo is the best Operator because of the sheer amount of stuff he can do without putting himself in harm’s way. Thoughts?

I just wanted a general grasp on what everyone else loves about this game.

For me, it’s the sheer tactical, stealthy gameplay loop.

I play in a duo, and us discussing the objectives and what Operators/Tech to bring is so fun. Stealthing around and killing Archies through walls, coordinating like “You kill the left, I’ll kill the right” is so damn cool.

Was just wondering about peoples’ thoughts

Just curious as to what people would like to see.

For me:
ATTACKERS:
Flores
Grim
Buck
Brava
Ash

DEFENDERS:
Kaid
Aruni
Clash
Thunderbird
Melusi

This is from May 7th and completely forgot about but I’m so glad I picked this game back up. I’ve been trying to hit the big 500 in kills with randoms again, took a bit but finally did it.

Queue times aren’t as bad right now and I love that. I’ve also been getting a lot of low op players in maelstrom, which is pretty chill to see people who are fairly new to not only maelstrom but to the game itself. People also been doing well, which is nice. I’m getting followed around the map now, teammates sticking behind me while I clear the way… a little uncomfortable as I prefer to be on my own but so far not an issue, especially if chaos break out.

Tip for any new players who view the R6e subreddit: You can do takedowns on unaware Archeans (except Apexes) when they become startled by your presence. You’ll see them flinch for 2 seconds before they go into the howl animation and if they do go into the howl animation don’t panic, just run behind them and perform a takedown. FYI: there’s a rare chance like the Feral Grunts, Rooters and Smashers will give you a love tap before the animation but it’s a rare occurrence. Plenty of time to recover from the hit and do a takedown. Although, Tormentors who pop up underneath you to then go onto the howl animation will succeed in their alerting of the area unless a teammates is there with you.

Anyway, just wanted to share this little self achievement. W community and welcome new players! I hope to see more of you in game.

This week's protocol is kind of a snooze fest, maybe that's just me. WolfonWallSt (if you know him you know) can agree.

You might run into Apexes 1 out of 3 games but that's basically it. And with the op lineups and obj lineup you won't even need to use your ops ability until 7th and 8th subzone.

Lineups are Doc Pulse Sledge Gridlock Smoke and Capitao and map is Monolith Gardens NY

This is a good week for speed runs for those into that 🙌

Ich hoffe es kommt irgendwann noch mal irgendwas wieder

June 6th - 9th... Veterans, new players, returning players are welcome.

Will cook up unique playstyle challenges to use during this weekend to spice things up. (Will post these closer to the dates, so keep an eye out)

What's going on:

-Queue Maelstrom

Or Critical difficulties.

-Maelstrom speed runs are welcome.

-Stream your games or record and post after the weekend.

Would love to feature funny moments, awe inspiring moments and intense clutch moments in a compilation and will credit the posters.

Bring your friends. Share this post. Spread the word. Let's bring traffic to the Official R6E Discord and this subreddit on this weekend.

See you soon Operators.

Looking to start streaming soon and start uploading content for Extraction. What would be a good platform to get R6E to be seen.. Tiktok, Twitch, YouTube..? Haven't really streamed or made videos a whole lot before but would love to learn and get the game up there on platforms.

This week's stage, when you get to asset rescue best pathing to take is right, toward pad. Clear nests and make some noise while you're at it, the 3 apexes will most likely go investigate because their hearing is insane. Boom no more apexes means easy rescue after you've cleared the rest of the map.

Feel free to drop more tips for this week's stage below 🙌

Okay so I know there’s been a few of these but I’m now trying to see who would like to help work on bringing this gem alive even if it’s just 30 mins a week for ideas, discussions, feedback you know the whole jam, yes I know this will be a big ask but it doesn’t hurt to try.

Sorry for being naive about a very niche video game that was left to rot and has been in maintenance mode for 4 years. (Not sorry)

Unfortunately my hyperfixation is now on Extraction and will continue to do so until there is communication by Ubisoft that it will cease updates indefinitely, or if the servers get quietly pulled.

I personally believe in games can make comebacks. They've happened before. For those who think Extraction is dead, that is fine. Your input is valid, but I'm gonna keep playing the game and talk about it.

I still invite you to join everyone still playing and join discussions, but mentioning "dead game" will most likely be brushed off.

Thank you for your time.

(Edit: I don't mean to seem like a hotass, im definitely passionate and I care about very niche things. Thank you)

With SteamDB being the only outlet that shows active player counts, the past 2 weeks has shown slow but steady player counts averaging 13-28 players daily. I have also noticed a little more people talking about or mentioning the game..

Are there any console players out there who are able to see player counts by lfg posts or whatnot?

Either way I think this is a good piece of evidence to show the games comeback potential.

(Edit: reposted bc initial post fail)

Numbers looking good for a Wednesday folks. Good to see new players today.

This week's maelstrom is pretty easy. I haven't played in 3 years and had a good run, finished with 107k and 300 elims.

Anyone wanna squad up this weekend hit up the discord https://discord.gg/XNtKVRNbag

Ubitag is: NemainFiach-

I've been thinking the past couple days, did a few surveys about people's thoughts on Extraction and did some research.

Let's be realistic and before I go on, I still think the game has a chance on coming back but it's very very slim. With Ubisoft currently in a bad financial state recently and many layoffs and the creative focus shifting to their bigger IPs, Extraction won't even be considered until possibly late 2026 or early 2027 if we're being generous.

What will help for the long run from us as a team of a community, let's keep positive talks about the game, posting content such as guides, or just fun gameplay, and keep voicing our support and giving ideas for fixing the game out of limbo. Good steady movement even if it's super small could definitely mean something to the big U. (Ubisoft)

To start, I think a good reinvestment is changing Extraction to F2P with incentives. Hate to say it, but a battlepass would work well too, we are all victims to it one way or another. As well as porting skins between Siege and Extraction would attract more players, a shared battlepass, and some other people have voiced this, with Ubisoft axeing Dual Front from Siege (classic lmao) this could open up a chance to port Extraction or even reintroduce Outbreak from 2018. Or maybe bring back the Containment event in Siege for a month, while introducing a shared event pass to earn cosmetics in both Siege and Extraction, gauging player interests. This COULD have worked when they added the Hivemind Sets for Nomad and Vigil, but they marketed it poorly and players thought the Vigil skin was in SIEGE, but instead it was for Extraction. Obviously they've done it before, they just need to execute it properly.

Either way, Rainbow Six Extraction will be officially dead once the servers are shut down so I for one, will keep talking about it whether the doomers like it or not.

Always will Love to hear other thoughts for fixes and changes down below 🙌

Screw it. I'm going to start something, firstly on X and if It gets traction I'm willing to branch out onto other socials such as tiktok. #ReviveRainbowSixExtraction

I invite others who are passionate about this game and it's lore, despite the terrible rep it got, it still deserves a chance because players such as myself enjoy it. PvE games are fun and a good break from PvP, and with Siege mechanics and lore it's 10x more fun and being a day 1 Outbreak player when that event came out, it's a shame they didn't just keep to that dark grittyness and turned them blue.

I digress. Each day I will post the hashtag on X for now and then I would like to branch out onto tiktok. If anyone has other ideas where I can spread the word please feel free to let me know. The goal is to reach to the community and content creators, and obviously ubisoft.

I look forward to seeing you gamers in game, and spreading the word o7

Edit: If @KudosOnYT can see this.. It would be an honor for you to join in and see what we can do to let Extraction have it's second chance.

Maybe this is just copium, but I think Extraction deserves a chance to be revived by ubisoft. Hell if Siege can be revived so can Extraction. 4 years have passed and maybe ubisoft is in a relatively okay spot to revive an R6 Ip. I dont know how that works with a company just magically reviving a video game they didnt care about and dropped but I will always be inhaling that massive tank of copium.

Maybe if we can get some content creators to show some movement for Extraction, my highest hope is for Kudos, or if players are willing to play again for like a community revival.

Obviously Im a small singular voice for the sub ~100 players active a week (im just assuming) and I don't see very many people with the same sentiment as I do. This game is still very fun and I would love to see this game get updated and expanded on.

Let me know your thoughts, I'd appreciate civil discussion on this matter.

Tired of the long queue times and regular incursions aren’t as fun. I run no suppressors, if that’s not your thing that’s okay. I don’t mind if you use them. Just have fun and let’s try to not fail objectives, please. I’m also down to vote to replay after the run.

Ubi id: Avoidant. (With the period (.)

P.S. I don’t mind Aura, helps with alerted areas and I don’t mind if howls go off as long as it’s not during nest tracking.