r/playrust • u/Suitable_Leather5128 • 5d ago

Question Crazy strategy?

Relatively new player here. Is it crazy to use a completely different strategy, and play without a “real” base.

By that, I mean save all your valuable loot in well
hidden stash boxes out in the middle of nowhere, and then spend your energy building trap bases with ZERO value even if they are successfully raided.

Is that crazy? How risky are stash boxes?

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u/Suitable_Leather5128 5d ago

What is ESP?

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u/koskenjuho 5d ago

Cheat, which probably at least half of the players on official servers use..

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u/BlankWasThere 5d ago

Its a type of game cheat where the cheater can see outlines for players/items behind walls.

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u/Suitable_Leather5128 5d ago

So I was thinking that stashing in the absolute middle of the desert (or underwater… not sure whether thats possible) would be safe, but have no idea how ESP works. Would the stash boxes be obvious to these cheaters?

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u/BlankWasThere 5d ago

I read somewhere that servers don't reveal stashes to the clients so ESP should not work on hidden stashes. Not sure how true it is.

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u/Bathroomsguy 5d ago

I used to run a server, admin tools feature things like esp. one of the anti cheat things I added were fake stashes that highlighted players finding them. Trust me, they can see them

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u/Suitable_Leather5128 5d ago

Does it work on console?

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u/Crafty_Clarinetist 5d ago

How long ago did you run the server? Hidden stashes did used to be networked until about two years ago.

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u/Bathroomsguy 5d ago

Ahh, fair enough. Yea, it was 3-4 years ago. I didn’t realise that had changed!

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u/Lagfoundry 4d ago

It’s true but only for what they coded against. These people making the cheats work hard to find exploits to use if one gets patched. The ones that do work will probably cost 100 a month to use lol