definitely hit hard when my mate who is new to the game didn't know what I was talking about when I told him to use the acog

crazy how one year later and its the acog is making its comeback

Forgot to mention that the old acog magnification is not the same as the current acog. The old one was 3.0 but then got reduced to 2.5, and the new marksman scopes on dmrs is the old acog, just redesigned

I was there when the smg11 had acog. I was there to witness the acogs downfall. I know nothing but pain.

I just started playing siege again after a 3 year break. So, you can imagine my surprise when I realized that acog is long gone and forgotten.

it's crazy how meta the acog went to being the worse i still cant believe when everyone use to run acog lol

I feel like you should've touched based on Doc and Rook acog. Those had a pretty big impact too but in the end, did make sense.

I’m still a firm believer that Blackbeard should have an acog on his scar 17 it just fits his play style, and maybe give him back his breach charges…

I use the ACOG on every gun that it's still available on. I hate that it's been removed from so many weapons.

i'm a new player and i never understood why the acog is praised in the game. thanks for the video man, keep it goin

I started in 2018 and I remember not getting why people like it and then after using it for awhile It became my favorite. Then Ubi constantly kept taking it from my favorite characters which at this point only a few have

well i mean, ubisoft removing 1.5 and 2x scope is probably brining back acog meta again

i wish i still love the acog but the truth is 1.5 and 2.0 are just way better in the current state bcs movement is so slow now and they're just way more clean that it helps u to flick and survive more with the slow movement. meanwhile the old acog was widely used for headshot bcs u can move and ads faster to escape from a situation

Can't wait for the downfall of the 1.5 video 😂😂

Well who’s here after the ACOG made its comeback after Y9S1 changes got announced

I miss how gory a singular bullet impact would spill and stain the surrounding enironment. The Acog would heighten my attention to those details during a gunfight. It's what hooked me initially. Mag dumping on a target used to feel so visceral and brutal through an Acog, compared to today's feel with the x1.5. It's still satifying, but definitely lost some spectacle. It hurts moderately as of late with the looming/continuing absence of the Acog.

I used to use red dot sight and lie to myself that i’m using a defender’s Acog😢

The thing is I don't really care about the zoom but the sight itself is really nice I wish they would add more customization to pick how ur sight looks regardless of zoom like 1.0 and 1.5 acogs

Well well well

excellent documentry brother. Subbed to you. Please more of these kind of documentry on siege. I am maining siege as a game since 2018 and this video hit me hard. Thanks

Came back to this video and I’m so happy the acogs are making a return

Watching older footage Vs more recent I've noticed that people used to play by adsing and then unadsing. This was possible because of the faster aim down sight speed and facilitated the use of a more magnified optic as if you wanted to zoom out you just did. Now with the slow ads, going un adsed is dangerous as the amount of time taken to zoom back in will most likely get you killed. This is less of a danger with the 2x because you can see more and so don't need to un ads as with the ACOG.

You earned a sub and my favorite is the the holo a and reflex a and bro the nostalgia from this video is crazy

Watching this video, it reminds me of what I used to think balanced the acog from 1x sights back then. The acog wasn't the cleanest sight to have, but the 2.5x zoom was it's advantage, where as 1x scopes like red dot and reflex were super clean and straight forward. I think adding other zoom sights that were arguably nicer to look at than the 1x like the dominant 1.5x, is another huge reason for acogs downfall.

i quit the game a long long time ago and it still hurts when i remember ash`s r4c acog removal, i loved how the r4c looked with it and just felt to play and i miss how the game played back then

''i dont know why ubi gave maestro the acog in the first place'' ubi: '' for shits n giggles''

This is a fantastic video, 100% worth a sub imo. Definitely wanna see more content in a similar vein as this.

Great content man! Hopefully the algorithm blesses you

man this is a trip down memory lane been around since Y2S1 might get back into seige after not really playing for a little over a year now it'll be nice finally playing with the boys again on the game we made so many memories on

I miss acogs and still use it when i can. In a game about holding angles and 1 headshot kills accuracy matters. Its so much easier in my opinion to see and visibly linenthe shotn up. Also on many guns i actually find it easier to control the recoil. My accuracy definetly suffered with removal of acogs

this was so nostalgic, thx dude for making this. maybe we will see the GREAT RETURN OF THE AGOC, but not in near future.

I stopped playing in 3-ish years ago and barely came back this week, it was surreal seeing all of the new gadgets but as well the fact that when people talk about an ACOG they no longer talk about the sight that I remembered using back in 2019.

And yet here we are all hyped for the return of the acog

I still use the ACOG , i started playing in 2017 and even if it got removed from many weapons i still like it lol

I love the 2x for guns with low recoil like Zero's, especially on attack.

have not played siege in 4 years and I wasn't aware of the fall from grace. nice vid 👍

Amazing vid im one who loved the acog all the time. And it’s pretty sad that you cant play it anymore cause it not available anymore or the recoil is to hight to really use it

I remember having acog on every single gun that had it available and whoever didn't have it you'd get called a noob immediately. Now there's not a single gun that I use acog on. Crazy how times change.

i used to play sledge alot back in the day, life is never been the same since his acog got removed

I started playing whit this game back in red crow on xbox. It was fun, and simple at the same time, but now… we have map/operator bans, more complex map desings and many more. This is not just about the GOAT ACOG downfall, it’s about the whole game… and damn i wish i could bring back those good old days…😔

I always found higher recoil made it easier to hit my shots because I get more of a grip on the guns recoil pattern faster, which helps me predict where I need to position my sights and how to maintain a steady shot.

Another thing I think is because of Siege’s lightings and graphics in the earlier days where it was much harder to see an enemy, alone or through effects without an acog.

i only ever used it a lot on sledge but rn i like the 2x because of the better sight picture and less bulk on screen

I played since cav and capitao season and remember all the ACOGs running around. I came back a few months ago and was so surprised by all the new sights and nobody running acog.

i miss the days of R4C, 416 and MP5 ACOG

I stopped playing the game nearly 2 years ago and got back into it recently and didn't know why nobody was using acog. Thanks for clearing it up.

3:14 as I would pick up Ash when I felt like the original or the 1.2/5? Update of the red dot/holo worked so well with her. Although I and many people can agree that the 2.5x also was a nice addition for her, I feel the removal of her acog is the only nerf that I actually fully agree she needed. Even as an alibi main, i never got behind the idea of giving her a 1.5x, but originally removing from frost which she definitely needed at the time when new scopes were being discussed. Now after all the balancing I feel Ash is more than a great spot-she is literally the embodiment of what rainbow 6 represents: fast, able to hit hard, frag out, and secure position and hold for the team. Aside Sledge, she was the go to for a LOT of players since she really could have done it all of you played her right

I came back to the game after like a 3 year break. I used to use the acog on thermites gun. I tried using the 1.5 and 2.0 scopes on it to get with the meta but just could not hit anything with it. I switched back to the acog and literally felt like Benja when challenging fights. instantly headshotting whoever i was fighting. Close or long range. I dont know why, but the acog still feels better to me on thermites gun to this day despite maybe the other scopes being better for the majority.

i recently changed to the 2x on hibana from acog because it just doesn’t feel the recoil as much, with acog the reticle seems to bounce more

do you think the acog could live on in things like mozzie pest launcher, ash and zofias launcher, capitao, etc?

Thermites gun is pretty stable with ACOG and silencer. Ultra smooth. Always enjoy to play

Makes me wanna time travel back to 2016-2017😢 I can’t believe it’s been 7.5 years since this game been out

Came when Frost was introduced but just never played seriously & deleted it & came back in 2020 for a few games w irl's. But now play which is sad when I go back on how I missed out on a lot, you can imagine how my old R6 mind was mindblown w no operator intros & all the new operators that were introduced 😂

cool video, also when i never played rainbow six siege this was very entertaining lol

i love how most clips are from beaulo ❤️

I stoped playing around the time after blood orchid, and returned to the game a few weeks back, and I felt so strange not seeing the ACOG anywhere

I would kinda like to see some alternative sights like a couple different 1.5 scope designs and maybe even an additional 2x scope

btw update @BeastModPlayer acog is back in y9 s1 although recoil and ads speeds are worse

I miss it on doc 😭 I haven’t played since secure area was still in the comp rotation.

I run acog on thermite and gridlock pretty often. I use 1.5 as well, but acog is still great if you use it properly tbh

Hit me the hardest when they removed it from the MP5. Actually was the last straw, and after 3 years of playing siege, I stopped playing Siege. Been thinking about trying it again tho

Fun fact the 3x scope as we know today used to exist on capitao and gridlocks m249

maybe if you were able to zoom out and in sights in game the acog might be a reasonable choice, my issue is majority of gunfights are close up engagements so why do i want anything higher then maybe a 2.0 on even the most longest of maps. it just seems weird to have sights ingame you cant adjust like kalis scope.

Siege at this point is like really different. I don't even get to play the version that i fell in love with. I got into it back in 2017 and One of my favorite way to play the game was using Acog's on Ash, Zofia, Buck and IQ (my most played OP's). I miss that now and not to mention the atmosphere and lightning was a Different vibe back then...

Man videos like these always show me how fun the game used to be not only mechanic wise but the game also looked so much better.

I miss IQ's commando acog. Same with Zofia, her AR still to this day just feels wrong without that sight.

its great to see it coming back with year 9!!!

You missed a very important fact, the old Acog was apparently a 3x zoom for five years and when they added the new 3x scope they kept the zoom from the old Acog and changed the zoom of the Acog down to the current zoom. It's confusing and very strange, but you can look up proof, coreross for example proved it at the time.

I kinda wish they remove the 1.5 and the 2 times scope form the game and replace it with the ACOG at least for attackers. The reason for why is like you said how ads speed has been reduced and recoil buffed making it harder to use the ACOG so players that can use it will have a harder time so not as easy as before making the 1x scope more likely to get picked even if the gun has the ACOG for it. And the reason for removing the 1.5 and 2 times is because like you said in your video how the 1.5 is the perfect mix for close to far range at least with the ACOG it has it down sides the 1.5 doesn’t making it really strong. But I doubt Ubisoft would ever do this change

What is the map at 2:09 I remember playing it a lot back in the day but I just can’t remember what it’s called

I remember getting Ash's elite skin then it getting announced that her R4C was losing ACOG like a week after. That is probably when I started playing the game less and less lol

I just came back to the game and still use it when I can, but I was unaware of all of these changes haha

Sometimes I forget how long I've been playing this game compared to the majority of the playerbase now. I forget how different the game was in Velvet Shell when I started playing

My favourite has always been the acog... But I think you didn't mention Rook,'s Doc's and Echo's acog's removals...

Did you say the recoil has been getting higher? Have you seen the old clips in your videos the recoil uses to be way higher

In the fırst season i hit Diamond with my beloved smoke and the acog smg. They called me the headshot King and i even got invited once to Train with the FC Schalke team to see if i would fit pro lvl. I rly miss those Times. :(

I still have the same opinion on acogs and any zoom scope in general that I've had since release. in a game that is entirely based around CQC and is its strong suit, why were high zoom scopes even an option from the start. the high zoom scopes have been a component in every balancing problem

just got back from a long, long break. new scopes + acog being bad is mind-blowing and I still kinda believe it

Spawn peeking on Hereford Base with 416-C ACOG on defence and playing with unbreakable glass shield on attack. Damn this feels like a memory from another life.

Yea I used to use that thing on everything available until it was available on like 8 guns and most probably in offence due to spawn peeking

I stopped playing for a very long time, and just started watching videos on siege today. I’m blown away that people don’t know about how meta the acog was forever, and I also didn’t know it wasn’t still meta.

man i forgot acog on many of the guns that i have after new optics were added most of my guns optic are the Holo B or 1.5 sight since they are the best for me

Id pick it back up on c8sfw any day. They really hated buck for a few years taking his frags first and then completely butchering his optics. At least he got a gone 6 now but that doesnt change alot. ACOG C8SFW was so much fun once you learned to handle its recoil.

I still run the highest magnification possible on pretty much every gun. I just use the russian 2.5 because it takes up less screen space. Especially vertically.

Started playing back in 2017 and I’ll say I definitely miss the acog but in its current state the 1.5 is just the more reasonable choice

Am just happy i got to experience bandit acog

I used to play a lot of doc and rook, so when they removed acog from them i kinda quit

If they make it to where i can use the acog crosshair on the 1.5 or 2.0 I'll be happy cause the only reason i used the acog in the first place is because of the precision i have with the arrow

I’ve started to realize something games attempting to better be balanced end up hurting them in the long run.

I do believe they should give acog back to all attackers with the exception of Ash’s R4C. The biggest ones I can think of that I still miss to this day despite being perfectly fine with 1.5 overall, is Twitch, Buck and Zofia. 1.5 and 2.0 just don’t hit the same to me even tho I still use them every game to this day

I think we need 1 operator with smg that has acog, at least 1, so u can vibe and feel good with it

Man, I just hope and pray Ubisoft doesn’t remove acog on my main man thermite, been running that load out for years

I love the acog and im sad that its fell off from massive nerfs they should bring it back :(

You didn't mention the doc and rook acog, it was so prevalent, spawn peeking doc was so common. Everybody believed that ubisofts philosophy was that only 3 armor defenders could use an acog so when maestro and other 3 armors got theirs removed people were pretty confused

The 1.5 my most used The game totally changed with the release of new scopes I was big fan of maestro and twitch until they took the acog

I like the 2 times and red dot b because they are very small, so you can actually see what’s going on outside of the zoomed area, the ACOG is just way too damn big

The funniest part is during Shadow Legacy, Hibana lost the ACOG then like 2 weeks later got it back

"none of you would consider the acog as one of the options" me who hasn't played R6 since 2019 and doesn't even understand what's going on: bruh anyways, thanks for this short history lesson / video, it was actually pretty good

It’d be cool to see a meta shift rn between Ash and Zofia. It feels like Ash is picked over Zof currently because her R4C and G36C are more consistent options over Zofia’s recently nerfed AR and LMG.

I do still use it It works really well with docabays (don't remember how to spell her names) Guns working so well with it