Recommendations

[Phoenix911]

Gents, I know I've only been playing Rust for a few weeks now, but after playing on our server as well as some others, I would like to make some recommendations:

- Wipe twice a month...monthly forced wipe w/ BP reset and then mid-month cycle wipe w/ no BP reset

- Scale back on some of the plugins to a more vanilla experience with the exception of InfoPanel, DeathNotes, and maybe levels

- Make it a Solo/Duo/Trio server to limit the teaming to no more than 3 individuals sharing a base

- No immunity/alliances/teaming (ie, no signs to prevent raiding, etc)

 

I think providing a more vanilla experience may bring some more individuals on and think a 2-week wipe cycle will keep things fresh. Limiting it to solo/duo/trio and preventing immunity/alliances outside of your solo-trio team will increase the competitiveness a bit and make it a bit more fun. I also thinking having an entire clan on the server with only a small handfull of randoms makes it intimidating for them and kind of lopsided if the clan isn't against themselves and only singleing out randoms.

 

Thoughts?

[Timmah!]

I tend to agree with most of those suggestions;  I especially think it's downright counterproductive for every single XI member to join the server & congregate on one single island in a group of up to eight, agree to not attack each other & only raid & contend with the other players who aren't XI.... effectively chasing them off...then complain "I'm bored".   Well no shit;  if you agree not to play against 1/2 the players on a new server & team up to go after the others, not gonna be many left against whom to play.  With literally thousands of servers from which to choose, would you choose one where the members mob up & only come after you?

Edited March 20, 2019 by Timmah!

[Timmah!]

Oh yeah, & regarding the wipe cycle:  That's an inherent characteristic of population fluctuation that occurs across most servers:  2 weeks into a wipe, a player gets raided... he's gonna most likely leave & join a server just freshly wiped so that he's rebuilding on a level playing field, rather than stay where everybody that hasn't been raided has a leg up... no way to avoid that, really.... except implement a 2-week wipe schedule.  I've looked at several polls & threads across many different websites & forums, and 2-week cycle is about as popular as monthly wipes.

[Phoenix911]

Last few nights have been dead my time when normally theres at least 1-2 others online, sometimes 3. Have others lost interest? Or is it just because it's during the week?

[Bogleg]

I'm still just trying to figure out how to play the game in a manner where I can log off, come back and play the next day, and not be starting completely over.  I haven't even killed an animal with an arrow yet.  lol

It's highly frustrating to be racing around looking for damn mushrooms after a respawn because you are starving and not anywhere near fresh water, and then you get killed by someone just after you eat two mushrooms and finally have enough health to consider trying to get some hemp for a sleeping bag.  

I like the game.  I just don't like that I'm spending all my time wearing wooden armor and hemp clothes, carrying a bow and arrows, while everyone else seems to be running around with automatic weapons.

Edited March 21, 2019 by Bogleg

[Lunkster]

23 hours ago, Phoenix911 said:

Gents, I know I've only been playing Rust for a few weeks now, but after playing on our server as well as some others, I would like to make some recommendations:

- Wipe twice a month...monthly forced wipe w/ BP reset and then mid-month cycle wipe w/ no BP reset

- Scale back on some of the plugins to a more vanilla experience with the exception of InfoPanel, DeathNotes, and maybe levels

- Make it a Solo/Duo/Trio server to limit the teaming to no more than 3 individuals sharing a base

- No immunity/alliances/teaming (ie, no signs to prevent raiding, etc)

 

I think providing a more vanilla experience may bring some more individuals on and think a 2-week wipe cycle will keep things fresh. Limiting it to solo/duo/trio and preventing immunity/alliances outside of your solo-trio team will increase the competitiveness a bit and make it a bit more fun. I also thinking having an entire clan on the server with only a small handfull of randoms makes it intimidating for them and kind of lopsided if the clan isn't against themselves and only singleing out randoms.

 

Thoughts?

IMHO the wipe is good as it is, it gives people time to get in, get going and have a good base, I think if we wiped twice a month we would lose more players than we already do. I agree with the clan ganging up part, personally everyone should be out in the wilds on their own, many other servers I've played on only allow single or duo play and as for the "Don't raid me, I got a rustic sign on my base" please don't get me started... That is not what RUST is about, it's about surviving so sorry... Everyone should be able to raid everyone else... Yes be open to helping other players but also open to raiding their base once you've built it up!!

41 minutes ago, Bogleg said:

I'm still just trying to figure out how to play the game in a manner where I can log off, come back and play the next day, and not be starting completely over.  I haven't even killed an animal with an arrow yet.  lol

It's highly frustrating to be racing around looking for damn mushrooms after a respawn because you are starving and not anywhere near fresh water, and then you get killed by someone just after you eat two mushrooms and finally have enough health to consider trying to get some hemp for a sleeping bag.  

I like the game.  I just don't like that I'm spending all my time wearing wooden armor and hemp clothes, carrying a bow and arrows, while everyone else seems to be running around with automatic weapons.

@Bogleg - You need to get in the server when it's quiet, maybe just 1 or 2 others and ask for help!! It can be very frustrating having to start over but if only you asked there are plenty of us to help you get started, build a small 2 x 2 base to begin with, gather hemp, build a sleeping bag to spawn into, make a TC and ensure you have enough stock in it to stop your base decaying... We have 3 channels in TS now so come in and one of us will take you into an empty room and talk you through how to get stuff etc, maybe even give you stuff to help you along...

[Bogleg]

The problem is I spend literally all day every day on the phone for work, so the last thing I want to do after I get done slogging through my day is talk to people.

I don't mean that to be offensive - I love you idiots - I just am tall talked out by the time 5pm rolls around.

[Phoenix911]

Can we at least get a vote on Duos only and no teaming outside of the duo for the next wipe? I'm fine with the wipes as is for now and the plugins, but I think that is something that def. needs to change to make the next wipe more competitive and fun after the first week.

[noob]

I vote for double or triple team limits

[MordBlack]

I vote also to have double or triple, but also need to know how many will be playing after next wipe. This way we can know if we can make teams.

[GhostfaceJim]

I vote solos or duos only.  One month wipes.  I like the plugins as they are.  Found some simple rules on similar duo servers:

Solo or Duo only. 

Remember to limit basing, raiding, roaming, gathering, defending together to maximum of two.

Trading is allowed.

More than two sleepers in a base will result in base being wiped out by Admin.

Coordinated actions between more than two players is discouraged.

One raid max per group per 24 hours.

Changing of teammates must be announced at www.extremeidiots.com, and old base must be abandoned and left to decay.

/or at least get rid of old teammates bag, wipe TC, and change base codes.

No teammate tag-ins.

No rejoining old group during same wipe.

The interpretation of the rules and consequences of rule breaking are at the discretion of the Admin.

All ban appeals will be conducted and reviewed at www.extremeidiots.com

[Timmah!]

Got a custom map for next wipe.  @Bogleg  search youtube for Rust beginners guide or something like that...15 minutes invested in watching a beginner's tutorial will help immensely in giving you a game plan for early wipe.  Furnaces can be placed on terrain, you don't need a base for that, so you can get metal quickly.  Bash a few trees and rocks to get some wood and stone & craft you a stone hatchet and axe; throw out a few fishing traps and stock them with a few mushrooms...you can then come back and have food at the ready, or even hang out and wait for the fish.  Look for streams on the map and go get you some pumpkins.  Knowing these basics & others will keep you fed & get you a sheet metal base inside of an hour...maybe even a 1/2 hour if you focus on an itinerary.  Hop in ts and I can give you some pointers... it will greatly increase your success & enjoyment of the game.

[MordBlack]

When do we vote to having duo or Trio teams? This way we can figure out the teams and set them in stone so we don't have confusion over who is teaming with who.

[Timmah!]

From what I'm hearing, talking to members yesterday, it's gonna be solo/duo.

[noob]

1 hour ago, Timmah! said:

From what I'm hearing, talking to members yesterday, it's gonna be solo/duo.

Can we get a copy of the map so I know where I'm going to build my bases

[MenTaL]

4 hours ago, Timmah! said:

From what I'm hearing, talking to members yesterday, it's gonna be solo/duo.

Sounds good to me !

[GhostfaceJim]

8 hours ago, Timmah! said:

From what I'm hearing, talking to members yesterday, it's gonna be solo/duo.

Sounds good to me!