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PUBG ditched server selection - Lag and Region Lock issues f
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A recent update to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds ditched the server selection the battle royale game used to employ in favour of region locking - something players had vociferously called for for months. However, PUBG Corp., the developer of the game, has since been hit by a backlash to the update, with the game's western players calling for Chinese players only to be region-locked.

PC update 22, which came out last week, made it so your server or region was decided automatically depending on the player's local region. It also means if you group with a player from another region, matchmaking will automatically decide the best region to play on. This change makes sense in principle, but in practise it does not appear to be working as intended. PUBG's Steam community and subreddit are littered with complaints from players who have been shunted into regions not their own - and have suffered a poor online experience as a result. High pings can cause serious problems for PUBG, with desync a particular issue right now.

This is every second post/comment on steam right now:

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The problem appears to have something to do with PUBG's global matchmaking system, which is automatically placing players into servers outside the region they would consider to be local. The developers have just released a patch to resolve a bug which occurred in some regions that affected global matchmaking, although PUBG Corp. did not explain what the bug was or how the patch changed the game. Meanwhile, players are still reporting higher-than expected pings, and the calls to region lock China specifically continue. This is the latest development in what is a troubled relationship between PUBG Corp. and its players. But while it's clear PUBG suffers from serious problems, it remains the most popular game on Steam by some distance with a whopping one million concurrent players at the time. There are some ways available online to counter this lag issue, here are is one [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] if you are suffering from this whole update 22 lag issue!
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