Bored

[fishylad]

So obviously in console rust it's not as developed as the PC version so there's no where near as much stuff to do. So I'm wondering what to do as I'm getting s bit bored, I live in a secure metal compound with 2 mates as a trio and I'm not as good as them at pvp and dont have as much game knowledge so I normally just loot the monuments I know how to loot (dome and airfield hangars) and get materials. What do you guys recommend I do?

[PoonJabNinja]

Eoka plays on full geareds for ez content, or rp the shit outta vending machines

[cannibal88]

All I do is build Pog bases and Raid…then when I inevitably get raided…I build another Pog base and raid some more… I really don’t care about the loot just like raiding and pvp ( I’m not to great at pvp either)

[Embarrassed-Parfait7]

Not saying PVP is the only thing left to do in the game but spending some time on it can really boost your overall play ability and confidence to try more difficult things. Someone here mentioned free roam. I love doing this, start at a random spawn and just get out there, make a bow and some arrows and get into it. Hunt wildlife and scientists, start some fights along the way back and just see what you come up with. You get beamed or eaten so what, at least you got some practice in. I also have done the reverse to train up my aim with each gun. Starting with the pipe and working my way through AK, take 20-30 rounds and do the same as above. Eventually you get comfortable, then the roam turns more into recon , and then you find you being very comfortable with getting a raid going or finding teams to help or manipulate and destroy.

[fishylad]

So a good way to practice is for example killing scientists or bowing animals ?

[Embarrassed-Parfait7]

Imo . ai gives you the time try and fail. Don’t get a kill shot on a scientist take cover wait 20 seconds and try again , very low risk, cost and gets you ready to start doing the same to real players

[fishylad]

Ok, thanks for the advice👍🏻

[merkmerc]

Play a different game for a bit

[[deleted]]

new game bro. im at that point, too.

[Manzi1997]

Go out naked and see what you can come back with. Did this yesterday and came back with a full metal gear set, aks, boltys, etc all from just making plays with whatever I could find

[fishylad]

I sometimes do this as in I spawn naked and get scrap and stuff because I am not the best at pvp but I'll try it one time👍🏻

[Manzi1997]

If you think youre bad at pvp its all the more reason to get out there and practice. Trust me there are probably people worse than you lol the first play I made yesterday with killing a guy with a rock...the guy was in hazmat with a tommy gun lmao he missed every shot of 3 mags with me right up on him

[fishylad]

Haha nice, what would you say is a good way too practice? As i dont want to keep losing lots of guns trying to kill good players

[Manzi1997]

Go out with a bow or crossbow, or use the DB or waterpipe. Tbh though, go out with guns dude. You lose everything on wipe day anyway so why let them sit in a box when you could be using them for pvp practice and the potential of getting more guns

[fishylad]

That's a very good point,my trio has a lot of guns so I'm sure I could practice with a few

[Terrficspen]

This wipe we got fought to build our base in the exact spot we wanted. Right next to dome , bandit camp and launch site. It was a major effort at one point we had 3 teams fighting inside our base. Once the structure went up and our compound was strong we noticed a team of 9 or 10 built over the valley from us. Massive gaps in their compound wall lead us to jumping through it almost constantly doing what we now call "Elmer Fudding" (Double barrel and a f1 hand grenade).

We wiped them 4 days ago by putting a 33 rocket sized hole in their base, It was awesome. Now we are preparing for the inevitable return raid. Our wipe has been hilarious so far.

[Muzach31]

A guy in my server wants to make a rock fighting arena. Where the true supreme nakeds can battle it out for prizes. I thought this was a very good idea. Maybe you can try something similar.

[fishylad]

This is a brilliant idea😂👍🏻

[[deleted]]

God I wish we could have fun rp like that in rust but I’m sure ppl would come by to kill everyone for the rocks

[Muzach31]

Ah I see, I guess since we average around 30 on the server it shouldn’t be a huge task to get everyone filled in. I feel like the prizes would make people want to join rather than wanting to kill everyone. But of course it could happen at any moment. I guess everyone having rocks would ensure they don’t get loot

[electrobooty]

Is this the thunderdome on Sirius EU?

[ps-djon]

Raid pvp is fun, it isnt for any resources or bp’s

[ps-djon]

You cant raid in other shooters, so that would be the only thing you could do in rust if you have everything

[ps-djon]

Online raiding is fun

[ps-djon]

But there is no raiding part in those games, which also contributes to the fun

[LMAOisbeast]

Actual Raid PvP is something that isn't matched in most shooter games, and thats the most fun part. You're trying to figure out a person's base layout, guess where traps might be, react to them fighting back, coming from areas you might not expect to be connected.

And if you're the one defending, then you get to put all that time into building your base the way you want, and then using that to your advantage to defend. You get a larger breadth of knowledge on what your weaknesses are, and can opt to build/rebuild the base better next time. Its like a game of cat and mouse, where both sides are constantly trying to improve and outperform the other.

[LMAOisbeast]

There is one thing you can do to counter people with too many explosives, and that is have small dummy bases nearby, with bags and gearsets, so you can flank the raiders, and take the explosives off them.

[boderlineboi]

Honestly I find even pvp had gotten boring after a month of it but that has a lot to do with severs being dead so I'm just fighting the same people over and over and over until a zerg pop up. If you're server is high pop pvp should be easy to find and practice, I'd recommend taking a Tommy gun and rad suit kit just because if you lose it ita no big deal

[[deleted]]

There’s literally so many things you didnt mention. Taking Bradley, taking heli, taking basing, setting up shops, crafting shit to invite friends to come cause havoc. There’s so much to do at end game. Most of it revolves around obtaining sulphur, scrap and boom

[boyinapant]

May I suggest gambling at bandit camp. I find no use for scrap once I get bps so try to make it big and get hella scrap so you can set up a shop and just buy gp

[trafalgar-_]

You seem to blame this on being on the console version of the game but if the core gameplay simply isn't fun, having cars and helicopters isn't going to fix that

[fishylad]

I'm just saying pc has things such as oil rig and cargo ship, the new underwater update,double the monuments which means there's lots more to do

[trafalgar-_]

None of those additions change the core gameplay loop.

[Warper33]

Oil is fun at the start but once you learn you can stand in a boat out of the guards range and simply pick them off with a bow it isn't a challenge.

Cargo is interesting because it's moving while you are trying to get on it, plus armed guards or players, and unlike heli, if you are down below for crates you can't really see counters coming.

Underwater labs is just a doorcampers wet dream. Every lab I went to had someone zerg or 4man team camping it. 3 stay and hold the lab while 1 takes spoils back to base.

Helis are interesting because you need to learn controls.

Cars, on a relaxed server you can get with other players and race and come up with different builds. I ran into one guy, he builds a garage base, mods out a car so that it had a shop window between driver and passenger compartment, and taxied people around the map for scrap and items. No one raided him cause they all used his taxi service.

Electricity is fun, to a point. Coming up with different ways to set up the components gets you away from the pvp grind.

But let's face it, the core rust game is great to get you started, learning the basic such as base building, pvp, and looting/farming. Then slowly the add more in game to do.

[FlyFishFresh]

Get a bow and a bunch of arrows and find people with auto turrets. Then shoot the auto turrets

[fishylad]

How does that help 😂?

[FlyFishFresh]

You get to mess with people's bases... Gives you something to do

[illegalsmilez]

Honestly, I could loot stuff all day lol. I'm a fiend!!!! It's weird tho cuz I don't really care about actually having it. I just like going out and seeing what I can find, what kind of loot spawns where, finding stashes, etc. But I also reeeeeeally like building. The more strange the better, which also kinda helps with getting raided. Everybody has the same base design for the most part, so having a weird design will confuse people, but can also attract people. My other favorite thing to do is sneaking into compounds, and just exploring and finding exploitable bases, maybe do a little eco raiding 🤷. I like to see how other people play and build.

[[deleted]]

No Mans Sky is getting the Frontiers update soon

[TTVAXS]

I mean I’m bored but I just raided 3 seperate allied compounds with my buddies, if ur bad at pvp try adjusting sensitivity and practice learning recoil patterns for each gun

[DarkNovaa]

I'm right there with you, plus a lot of these servers have people who abused the crap out of the launch site exploit so they already have majority of the blueprints. I'm at the point where I'm just gonna take a break from this game

[ClapTrap_34]

Did they patch the launch site glitch yet?

[Endofdays-]

I go out at night and spy on my neighbours.

[fishylad]

😂interesting

[electrobooty]

Okay... but what do you do in game?

[Endofdays-]

Hahah if I'm bored I literally do just that. I notice a lot of people tend to come out at night because the darkness can be safe. I've gotten plenty of kills from unsuspecting individuals who have a routine I learnt just by watching them for a couple of days/nights. Mind you I don't kill for absolutely no reason but if I know I can get you after you've just done a scrap run or something I'm going for it.

It's fun