The PUBG Corp. have released the details on the latest update coming to their battle royale game. The latest patch is huge and the developers are bringing tons of improvements and bug fixes to enhance the overall gaming experience as they hunt for that chicken dinner. Included in the new enhancements is the highly requested Map Selection feature. This will allow players to choose which locations they would like to queue up for.

From the steam announcement where the patch notes were were listed, Mephiekim stated the following about the update:

This is a big patch. We’ve got map selection, bug fixes, more improvements for Miramar, and a whole heap of weapon balance changes.

Weapon balance in particular is really important for us, and we want to take the time to get it right. For this reason, we’re going to keep the changes on the test server for longer than we normally would. We’ll be listening and and making changes based on your feedback before pushing this update to live. So please share your thoughts with us!”

Seen below is another change done by PUBG Corp. to allow players to select the reticle style and color detailed in the patch notes.

Check out all the details on the latest PUBG patch, via Steam:

Weapon & Item Balance
We explained our goals with weapon balance in last week’s dev blog. You can find the specific changes below:

Weapons

• ARs – rebalanced ARs so none is the “objective” best—the power differential between each is now reduced, but each brings advantages to different situations.
• SMGs – adjusted them to be more effective in short range combat
• Shotguns – increased overall damage and effective range
• Pistols
  • Increased the damage of the P92, P1911, P18C, R1895, and R45
• Shotguns
  • Increased limb shots modifier (shooting limbs now does more damage)
  • Slightly decreased the damage of the S686 and S1897
  • Reduced pellet spread by 25%
  • Shotgun chokes can now be attached to the sawed-off
• SMGs
  • Increased limb shots modifier
  • Slightly increased the damage of the Micro UZI, UMP9, and Vector
  • Decreased vertical recoil on all SMGs
  • Decreased recoil and scope sway when moving in ADS (aiming down sights)
  • Increased ADS transition speed
• ARs
  • Slightly decreased the damage of the M16A4, SCAR-L, AUG, and M416
  • Increased reload time by 30% for the SCAR-L, M16A4, and M416
  • Increased reload time by 10% for the AKM
  • Increased vertical and horizontal recoil for all ARs except the AKM
  • Decreased recoil recovery rate for all ARs
  • Restricted big scopes (8x and up) for use with all ARs
  • Added new recoil animations for all ARs
• DMRs
  • Increased head, body, and limb shot modifier
  • Decreased the damage of the SKS
  • Slightly increased the damage of the VSS and Mini14
  • Increased vertical and horizontal recoil for all DMRs
  • Decreased the recoil recovery rate for all DMRs
  • Added new recoil animations for all DMRs
• Other guns
  • Slightly increased the damage of the DP28 and M249
  • Restricted big scopes (8x and up) for use with LMGs (DP28, M249)
  • Reduced crossbow reloading time from 4 seconds to 3.5 seconds

Weapon sway has been adjusted for all weapons (slightly increased side-to-side movement). And sway is now more pronounced when holding your breath.
• • Weapon sway when moving is now also reduced by the cheek pad attachment
  • Cheek pads now help you recover from weapon sway more quickly after moving

Throwables

• Frag grenades
  • Increased explosion damage and added new hit effects and animations
  • Previously, grenade damage was greatly dependant on fall damage (from the grenade’s knockback effect) rather than explosion. We’ve removed the grenade’s knockback effect for player characters, and have adjusted it so that only explosion damage is applied when you’re struck by a grenade.
• Weight changes (all throwables)
  • Frag grenade: Increased from 12 to 18
  • Molotov cocktail: Decreased from 18 to 16
  • Smoke grenade: Decreased from 16 to 14
  • Stun grenade: Decreased from 14 to 12

Character Movement

• We’ve slightly decreased the movement speed when holding SRs, LMGs (M249, DP28) and shotguns. Your equipped weapon affects both your sprinting speed and your running (normal movement) speed.
• We’ve removed the first shot delay when your character is not sprinting
• Chambering a new round in certain weapons (M24, Kar98k, S1897, etc.) no longer limits you to walking speed while aiming down sights
• The amount your camera shakes after being shot (“aim punch”) now depends on the amount of damage received

Other Item Balance

• Level three helmets now only spawn in care packages (and one is guaranteed to be in every care package)
• Both SR quickdraw magazines and SR extended quickdraw magazines now spawn only in care packages
• We’ve reduced the spawn rate for AR extended quickdraw magazines
• DMRs now use AR attachments (magazines, compensators, etc.) along with SR attachments
• Adrenaline syringes now spawn (rarely) alongside normal loot in the game world
• Adjusted the casting time of Adrenaline syringe from eight seconds to six seconds

Gameplay

Along with all the balance changes, we’re introducing a new weapon, a new vehicle for Miramar, and a ton of new weapon attachments.

New Weapon

Added the SLR

• The SLR will be spawned alongside normal world loot. It’s a DMR which uses 7.62mm ammo and contains 10 bullets per magazine (20 bullets when extended.)
• The SLR is more powerful than the SKS but has more recoil. Recoil control is the key to using the SLR effectively.

New Vehicle

The Mirado is a classic muscle car: a fast, four-seat sedan that’s limited to Miramar. It can be found around downtown areas and main city streets

Think of the Mirado as a compliment to the other unique vehicles on Miramar: The van is extremely sturdy, but slow and ineffective when taken off-road; The pickup is great for off-road travel; And the Mirado is the fastest way to blaze down a highway.

New Attachments

• Duckbill – A new attachment for shotguns (S1897, S12K). It reduces the vertical pellet spread but increases horizontal bullet spread
  • Attachable to S1897, S12K
• Light Grip – It reduces recoil recovery time but increases vertical and horizontal recoil
  • Attachable to ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Thumb Grip – It reduces vertical recoil but increases horizontal recoil. It also increases the recoil recovery time
  • Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Half Grip – It reduces vertical and horizontal recoil and also reduces recoil recovery time
  • Attachable to – ARs, SMGs, DMRs (UMP9, Vector, AUG, M416, SCAR-L, SKS)
• Scope 3x – This scope has fixed 3x magnification with an illuminated reticle. It’s discoverable as a common world-drop item
• Scope 6x – This scope has variable 3x–6x magnification. It’s discoverable as a rare world-drop item.

You can now change the reticle style and color on the red-dot, holo-sight, and 2x scope using the scope zeroing keys (Page Up/Page Down by default).

Boat and Swimming Adjustments

• Boats now sink when destroyed
• We’ve made some adjustments to the way swimming works to reduce the effectiveness of hiding underwater.
  • We’ve decreased the maximum submersible time from 35 to 15 seconds
  • Once you’ve run out of air, you’ll now take 10 damage per second (up from four damage per second)
  • We’ve increased the delay for breath recovery time from one to four seconds. (In other words, when you lift your head up out of the water, it’ll now take four seconds before you begin to recover your breath)

Map Selection and Main Menu UI