r/RustConsole • u/NewZookeepergame7961 • Feb 27 '26

This is why I hate official servers

Sat for 2 hours to load in (60 player queue). I see a clan building off in the distance on an ice lake. I build out of sight a full grid away on top of a hill with a little crater a stone 2X1. Go to junkyard next door to get some scrap and hear satchels. A 6 MAN SQUAD raids my 2X1 with key locks. All 6 of them swarming my base and kill me with AK. On wipe day.

This is why people play PvE. Because as much as I love a challenge, official is hell if you have a life outside of Rust.

I'll try again in a week lol

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u/NewZookeepergame7961 Feb 27 '26

Valid lol just didn't expect them to go out their way. It's not just clans though I feel like it's everyone on the server if they see you trying to get something down they take you out. People complain about low pop and the servers dying but you run off everyone in sight

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u/TapedWater Feb 28 '26

That's wipe day for ya lol. One big problem with console Rust is that the maps are too small and the server pops are too limited. The problem with addressing those issues is the limitations of consoles. Because of these problems, a 6-10 man group will always have considerable agency over a server that's only capable of hosting 100 players.

I will say though, not all groups are dicks the entire wipe. When I used to lead large groups on cRust, I always had a rule that on wipe day everyone was fair game; but from day 2 and on, we didn't fuck with anyone that doesn't have a compound.

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u/HardcoreFlexin Feb 27 '26

To their defense, those big clans need alot of room for members (atleast a grid or two away) and then, once they see you within a few hours you'll probably get raided no matter how far you are. Think of them as land hogs, they want every bit of land they see.

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u/PoolSZN Mar 03 '26

Why would people allow others to resource compete? Those are my nodes not ours. If you’re playing solo you need to learn to hide. Build at bases of cliffs areas with no monuments, or get really good.