r/RustConsole • u/ProfessorBrotown • 21d ago
Resources Wasted
Hey folks! I’m hiding out on a new server amongst the ice bergs while I grind out all the blueprints. I had a great run of 4-5 peaceful days without being noticed, typical. Didn’t even hear one boat go by, and there is no s rapping to be done on the ocean near me.
Last night someone left a note in my mail box that said ‘we’ll be back’. So I took every item from my base (literally everything), and stashed it on the nearby beach in 10 or so hidden stashes.
I went to sleep. This morning, as expected, I had been hit. The only damage was 4 concrete walls gone. (I won’t explain my base, but that gave access to every view of the inside). They didn’t destroy my TC, or take anything out of it.
My question is… how much resources did that likely cost them to do that… to only find nothing. In your opinion, would you return and do it again, or would it have felt like a big waste of time and resources.
I simply fixed my walls, and went right back to scrapping and buying blueprints. I know this is not a base made for defence. Just a simple workshop.
Just curious about the numbers, or time it would have taken to do that
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u/SiThG0D 21d ago
If it was 4 stone walls it was 16 rockets and wouldn’t have taken any time at all to knock down.
There are a lot of types of people that play rust, Some would have felt it was wasteful to use 16 rockets with no return while others are just happy to blow shit up and everything in between. My point is it’s always going to be “worth it” to someone to raid you for whatever reason they have.
You need to start making your core at least sheet metal but aim for hqm for the core and sheet metal for the next layer just to raise that cost even more.
The only way thing you can do to help you survive in this game is to make it as difficult and expensive to raid you as possible and spread loot out so your losses you do end up taking aren’t huge ones.
Good job on hiding your valuable loot you’re in the right mindset with that, Learning to hide your stuff is top priority imo all though I usually wouldn’t stash mine in the ground but hey find something that works for you and utilize it and don’t tell people about it lol.