As reported by us, the loot changes introduced at PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS will be reversed. In the patch notes for Early Access week 5, developer PLAYERUNKNOWN also explains how the bug came about.
In order to give players the opportunity to set up their own loot rules at Custom Games, the team had to change the entire loot system. When implementing this change, the bug arose which led to the incorrect distribution of loot.
The full patch notes for the 5th week update can be found at the end of the article. The following week the team will have a well-deserved vacation, so there won't be an update in week 6.
The big PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS charity tournament with 128 streamers
For the big charity tournament on May 4th, the first participating teams were presented.
At the big tournament, 128 streamers from North America and Europe will face each other in 3 matches. It is competed in teams of two and in order to ensure fair competition, the regions are sent separately to the battlefield. So the 32 NA teams will play on the American server and the 32 teams in Europe will play on the server there. After the total of 6 matches, the winner will be determined based on the totaled rank.
The European teams
Please join us in welcoming the first 4 EU teams taking part in our Charity Invitational supporting @GamersOutreach, May 4th on @Twitch! pic.twitter.com/lCRwSJVcBF
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Welcome the next 4 European teams for our Charity Invitational in support of @GamersOutreach on May 4th. Competition is heating up! pic.twitter.com/Eykju9Kn65
- PLAY BATTLEGROUNDS (@PUBATTLEGROUNDS) April 26, 2017
The North American teams
Please join us in welcoming the first 4 NA teams taking part in our Charity Invitational supporting @GamersOutreach, May 4th on @Twitch! pic.twitter.com/sD5V18k3dp
- PLAY BATTLEGROUNDS (@PUBATTLEGROUNDS) April 25, 2017
Patch Notes for Week 5
This patch will be deployed to the main servers on Thursday, April 27, 5PM KST / 1AM PDT / 8AM UTC and is expected to take approx. 1 hour to complete.
Early Access - Week 5 - Patch Notes
Client Performance Improvement
- Improved the drop in FPS when firing a gun or driving a vehicle
Gameplay
- Rolled back the item spawn balance
- Reduced the amount of health lost when a character is ejected from a flipping motorbike
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that caused the door to open towards the player
- Fixed a bug causing incorrect lighting on the 2x scope
- Fixed a bug that caused loot to be not shown in the inventory when a character first obtained it
- Fixed a bug that caused crossbow attachments not to show up in the vicinity pane
- Fixed a bug that caused the sound to stutter
