PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will expand its PC version with Update 22 to include a ranking system. Players can rise or fall in ranks and are expected to encounter more opponents of their own skill level.
The next update for PUBG will enhance the PC version of the battle royale shooter with some new features and improvements. Patch 22 will introduce, among other things, a rank system, a custom map selection, and a skin exchange system. The update is already on the test servers and is expected to be released in October.
In PUBG, you will soon be able to fight for the best ranks
What is the rank system? PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will receive a rank system with Update 22, where players are classified based on their individual performance. To be sorted into the appropriate tier, ten placement matches will be played in advance, similar to Overwatch.
There will be eight ranks where players can rise or fall based on their total points. These include classifications in Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Elite, Master, and Grandmaster.
Further information about the rank system will be available shortly.
What additional features will the update bring? Patch 22 is expected to bring more features and improvements, in addition to bug fixes:
- Server/region will be automatically determined based on the player’s local region. If two players from different regions team up, matchmaking will automatically decide the best region to play in.
- Improvement of the leaderboard. Players can now view their progress and receive clearer information about KDA, rank, and average damage.
- The custom map selection allows for individual maps to be selected or the quick connect option, which assigns the first available match.
- A skin exchange system where multiple items of the same tier can be exchanged for one item of the next higher tier.
- A quick access for healing items, throwable items, and emotes.
What does the community think? Players joke that with the upcoming rank system, they can finally play only with equally bad players.
Others point out that they thought they were already matched with players of similar skill levels through matchmaking. The rank system would merely visualize this. Some even go so far as to call it just a cosmetic change.
Many players on the PUBG subreddit, however, are looking forward to the upcoming changes. They hope that the automatic selection of servers and regions will resolve some problems with matchmaking.
What do you think of the upcoming features for PUBG on PC? What change do you like best or what do you still feel is missing?
