Vaulting and Climbing to Be Introduced to PUBG Next Week

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds are on the brink of change, as a game-changing 1.0 update on the test servers looks to switch things up a bit. Teased at E3 this year, how much of a change could this bring about?

As you could expect, spacial awareness of individual players will be tested. Windows, on top of walls, cars, and other high obstacles are now angles of attack. New spots will definitely become available, new angles to be attentive of. This will increase the flexibility of the game, however, nobody expects everything to go smoothly the first time. This is why PUBG Corp encourages player to experiment and test the added features, readily informing about any bugs or issues. Below is a statement included in the company's announcement:

"On the technical side, the system consists of about 40 animations adjusted for different heights and situations. We internally use the term vaulting to describe the action that involves crossing over an obstacle while climbing refers to a motion that will cause the character to remain on top of it. By default, control over vaulting and climbing is placed on the same key as jump and is context based."

Alongside the bit of news, PUBG Corp also showed its concern regarding cheating in the community. It seems that the BattlEye bans, although consistent, aren't the maximum line of defence. Here's what they had to say:

"For a very long time, our development team has been analyzing data from a large pool of users who show abnormal gameplay behavior to build a system that helps us positively identify cheaters. We are now able to use the system to identify and ban these users more proactively. Using this system, we have already identified and banned about 20,000 additional users in only one day." 

Of course, these two updates aren't the only components of the 1.0 version. Full patch notes will be available to the public next week. Maybe there'll be other details which prove pivotal. We'll have to wait and find out.