{"id":600584,"date":"2026-03-20T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pubgs-172-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:11:52","slug":"pubgs-17-2-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pubgs-17-2-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBG&#8217;s 17.2 update is now live &#8211; here&#8217;s what&#8217;s changed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/pubgs-17-2-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>PUBG&#8217;s 17.2 update is now available on PC and mobile, bringing the 1v1 Arena to Training Mode, as well as updates to the Spotter Scope and balance changes to 5.56 Designated Marksman Rifles (DMR) and the Mortar.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Spotter Scope and its automatic features of marking and following enemies continued to show overly strong performance, causing more stress than enjoyable experiences to our players,&#8221; Krafton explains. &#8220;Therefore, the enemy detection range has been reduced from 1000m to 600m and the white passive marker will not appear automatically in ADS mode.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>As for the 1v1 Arena mode? That&#8217;s now available in Training Mode and welcomes &#8220;all types of combat practice in a suspenseful 1v1 setting&#8221;, as well as curious spectators, too.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pubgs-172-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pubgs-172-update-is-now-live-heres-whats-changed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBG&#8217;s 17.2 update is now available on PC and mobile, bringing the 1v1 Arena to Training Mode, as well as updates to the Spotter Scope and balance changes to 5.56 Designated Marksman Rifles (DMR) and the Mortar. &#8220;The Spotter Scope and its automatic features of marking and following enemies continued to show overly strong performance, causing more stress than enjoyable experiences to our players,&#8221; Krafton explains. &#8220;Therefore, the enemy detection range has been reduced from 1000m to 600m and the white passive marker will not appear automatically in ADS mode.&#8221; As for the 1v1 Arena mode? That&#8217;s now available in Training Mode and welcomes &#8220;all types of combat practice in a suspenseful 1v1 setting&#8221;, as well as curious spectators, too. 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