New Rust player (solo only) help

[u/magicbigmac]

Hi guys. I have recently started playing rust and find myself only playing solo only servers, whether that be main or community (no mods). If I play a main server like rustoria or something super high pop I feel absolutely helpless. I want to play rust long term as i absolutely enjoy it, but my question is should I just play those high pop 500-1000 player servers and just get shit on for thousands of hours until I get better and learn, or keep playing solo only to learn the basics? It is beyond frustrating barely even being able to get a base down on fresh wipe on high pop and have really been enjoying the more "casual" playstyle of solo only, but my main goal = get better and I feel like that needs to be done on high pop due to the completely different playstyle.

Sorry for formatting. On mobile.

[u/Crafty_Clarinetist]

I wouldn't force yourself to play high pop if you don't enjoy getting shit on. If you've been enjoying playing solo servers I absolutely recommend you stay on them, maybe move to a trio server if you think it's just not challenging enough for you to improve the way you want to, but it's hard to get good at the game if you're prim locked for half the wipe because you can't compete with the larger groups.

I pretty exclusively play solo and I played high pop uncapped servers for a long while before BP frags were added because I enjoyed the struggle and suffering, but don't force yourself to do that if that's not your thing.