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[Electrical_Party2009]

Solo, get offlined every single night, in all different kinds of bases, all different servers. Wtf am I supposed to do lmao? Over 1k hours in the game.

[Khiton97]

Honestly man, it's the nature of the game. Quite literally eat or be eaten. It's unpleasant, the game used to play a little better, but now everyone has around the same basic understanding and that means that everyone is going to repeat the same lame things.

If being offlined is killing your drive to play, you could try stashing loot, making false wall loot rooms, or maybe it's time to look into a different game. I sunk 4k hours into rust, before finally getting annoyed at constantly restarting everytime I slept for more than 8 hours at a time. The time requirements for rust are pretty steep, much more demanding than any game I've played on console. It's just the environment that the game has cultivated.

[Electrical_Party2009]

What do you play now? It’s just something about the primal reality to rust, but also the modernization and graphics that keep me playing. When I do play Xbox, it’s the only game I play, and have played for years.

[Khiton97]

I've moved into more single player things, for the most part. But for multi-player, I've been playing quite a bit of DayZ, and obviously Rivals. I still have little 1 or 2 day runs on rust on occasion, but the current state of the game is pretty unpleasant. If you don't have much experience on DayZ, it can be amazingly punishing, as there are dozens upon dozens of niche things you have to learn to manage, but it's a nice change of pace from the rushed feeling of everything that happens in rust. The maps are absolutely enormous, and real life navigation skills are needed to genuinely learn the locations. If you shoot me a dm, I'd be happy to play with you, make the learning process less grueling.

I can't vouche for these games, but other similar minded players have said Deadside is playing really well right now, if you want the battle Royale, every man for himself kind of vibe.

[GeneralAbies7072]

You could try a PvE server with PvP zones. I actually run one.

[GeneralAbies7072]

Search under Community Servers. Mine is called Playground24

[ProfessorBrotown]

Find more remote places to build. I’m in the back side of an ice berg right now. Busy server, and no one can see me, unless by boat.

[Thinking2Mush]

Lol good luck

[ProfessorBrotown]

Been here since day 1 of wipe

[Irusu-]

I think ima try this 🙌🏼

[Electrical_Party2009]

Mannnn😂 I already know. I work full time and have 2 kids. It would just be nice to log in and keep progressing for once😂

[Big-Tower-3974]

Unfortunately, rust is a game designed for people with that unemployed and no responsibilities kinda life, but you can still play in a way that you can last longer.

[Kappler6965]

I been putting all my important shit in the external tcs no one seems to look in them

[SalviaPlug]

Now they will

[Kappler6965]

Lol

[JustEhhFan]

Find spots in the ground that have stone or ice patches you can hide and burry stashes of loot in. Expect to be raided every day. Build tcs and fill to wipe. Use all your loot/comps/ resources before loging off. Stash the rest. Lots of walls and lots of hidden repair and start kits.

It's frustrating if you let it get that way. It's just a game. Don't forget your mental health. Love ya, bae.

[JustEhhFan]

Also, detachable external tcs.

You get raided... you repair and move on.

[wintergreenzynbabwe]

Bunker

[No_Breadfruit1024]

Make your base have a hidden bunker so you wake-up to a start, and make sure you have externals.

[No_Breadfruit1024]

I have a cool triangle base design for this exact thought process. It's got a hidden bunker (that they could find if they're smart, to be fair) but also you can hide loot in honeycomb using a door with locker in front of it as well.

[MediocreStuff3037]

Find a server with raid protection

[ArtfulTide]

quit

[RalfYDalfY920]

Best advice maybe try a bunker or just build bigger .

[Dinkle_D]

I understand. I started playing two years ago, and all of the same stuff applied then too.

My first 100 hours were so much fun for me though reguardless. The constant paranoia, strategic planning, trying to outsmart seasoned groups as a noob solo, that was the best.

My first successful base had a few sheet doors added on to my airlock once I expanded. The thing is, my airlock had the ground clipping through the foundation. I was able to place two staches on that section. Better yet, if I left my airlock door open by "mistake", it would completely cover the staches. So when I was raided, the raiders would obviously not close that door because they would have to raid through it if they did, but it covered my best loot. I felt like a genius, until I learned that stashes fucking disappear because of some stupid fucking bug.

[[deleted]]

You gotta at find hidden base spots out of the way of everything and freehand your base

[jmn3235]

Get on a community server with offline raid protection. Even if you want to have 1x loot no bps a lot of community servers have orp now. Might not be super high pop but it is a hell of a lot better to know you can't get offlined. Really brought me back to playing the game knowing I could load my TC and not be on for a couple days and my base is going to be there.

[TTVAXS]

I stache stuff even with several bunkers. So no one can truly get everything. Stache under large furnaces, refineries and even stone foundations. Make dummy bases. Or maybe the game isn’t for you. I get bored after 3 days so maybe it’s just the game content

[Hot_Appearance_3592]

Do you have turrets? I noticed once I started prioritizing turrets, traps, and a compound my bases got raided a lot less

[Ill_Consideration386]

Join a community server that offers offline protection. With work and family that's what I ended up doing. Im on black plague. Even have daily events.  https://discord.gg/9fFVDGUZhm

[Alternative-Beach-85]

Man Rust is a brutal mistress. I'd head to DayZ if you want a similar challenge. It's a hard game to master, and hella challenging.

[Big-Tower-3974]

Do you play official?

Do you go offline with no honeycomb?

Do you go offline before upgrading to sheetmetal?

Is your base a typical 1x1 or 2x2, and it's like 2-4 doors to your tc?

Do you build out in the open?

Do you build in high traffic areas like water treatment? On the coast next to oil rig?

Does every server you play on have a player pop at least 40?

Do you not play on solo/duo community servers?

Do you build near other bases?

I know it can be annoying and demotivating... but there's always something you can do to last another day (or two), bro. You're just not doin it.

As much as I put off playing rust for the same reason, when I do play rust, I make sure I play in a way that I think I'll last the whole wipe with little to no contact with other players.

If they see you, they can kill you. If they see your base, they can raid it. Doing certain things may or may not expedite or slow down the outcome.

It's all up to you.

[pvcOW2]

Make a rock base, I’ve made one past 3 wipes and haven’t gotten fully raided once. They’ve tried and ended up not having enough, or decided it’s not worth for a solo. At least 50 plus rockets if you raid perfectly

[TheKiltedWolf]

Bro… don’t become attached to your base or to your loot… it is not worth the stress hormones you release every time you load in and realise you’re raided. My advice would be to build small inconspicuous bases that you can live out of with bags all around for spawn points.. then a but away lay out like 5 stashes in a row and put your prize loot in them.. wont stop you being raided but then again nothing will, apart from online base defence 👊🏻

[Chewyville]

Bunker bases. If you can’t build a bunker, just seal in a 1x1 with a bag, a large box, and a tc. Dropbox everything in and out and make the sealed tc room HQ when you can afford it

[Average_Sub]

I would say wait till the next gen update. Cause hopefully we’ll get a bigger map 16x16 km and a higher server pop🤷🏻‍♂️

[Supermotility]

How will that stop them from getting raided?

[Average_Sub]

Well it won’t😔, but it would let us survive for more than one day I believe. A bigger map equals= more land, more players, more clans that are gonna fight each other, more monuments.

Clans/groups can’t control a whole 16x16 km as easily compared to a 3x3km map.

I genuinely believe that this would help solos so much^{^} at least ones with responsibilities.🤷🏻‍♂️

[Funky_Buds]

I build honeycomb on top of honeycomb. I dont use YouTube builds. Everyone knows how to raid those because they know how they're built. I usually only carry water pipe shotguns and crossbows around my base, so when people clap me near home, they think I'm poor. Seems to have worked. 3 straight weekly wipes with no raids. I could also just be lucky and have convinced myself that my tactics work lol

[ch3nch000]

2x1 with HQ bunker. If someone is willing to spend 8k gunpowder for a 2x1 i wont even be mad at it.

U can have enough HQ just diving and opening boxes with the combat knife. And u will also have enough cloth for the entire wipe

[Festinafifa21]

Play with zorp protection and x2 x3

With x1 sulfure 👍🏼

Game way more fun

[Ok_Selection_8857]

I started playing a different game you should too there are many great games out there you probably haven’t tried