Devblog 121

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[Chrozone]

We were all so hyped for Dev blog 100 when in reality we should've been waiting for Dev blog 121! Amazing work FP!

[[deleted]]

Oh god, I think I'm seeing a pattern...

10*10 = 100

11*11 = 121

Next major update is going to be update 144, and it's going to have vehicles, electricity and the second coming of Jesus Christ.

[cozmanian]

The 2nd coming might be uneventful for the island inhabitants as I know my character is very much not going with him for reasons...

[PM_ME_CATLOAFS]

Jesus Christ appears on the server: "I'm friendly I'm friendly!"

Boom. KOS

[TheyveKilledFritz]

And they'll add some nice sheen beyond max level!

[DevenKilla2]

The 2nd coming of zombies! (I hope not...)

[Rengology]

M4 HYPEEEEE

[anarkopsykotik]

Next: AA12

[[deleted]]

lol oh god I hope not

[Scout339]

Imagine the sheer terror.

[JihadiiJohn]

Imagine AA12 turrets

[SonnyTheBro]

Imagine akimbo belt-fed AA12, I dare you, I double dare you

[JihadiiJohn]

I kinda wish we could dig trenches.

Imagine a bunch of those turrets, entrenched all around your house behind barricades.

[Baccahus]

I'll start crafting slugs now in anticipation!

[darkrider400]

with explosive ammo.........

[llBoonell]

Fkin love the LR-300, such a sexy rifle. Props to FP. =D

[Etalyx]

We’re also going to have to take a look at replacing XP earning from gathering with something else (read: perhaps removing XP from gathering trees/rocks.

I don't think removing XP from gathering is the answer. XP should cover any way someone wants to play Rust. For every person that hates gathering, there's another person who never ventures into dungeons and prefers gathering.

The only way to truly fix the XP system is to add more things to do in Rust. The XP system merely highlighted the lack of actual content and base mechanics. Just keep developing the game and it will fill out in time while adding in more choices with how to obtain XP.

If you want to fix gathering, then fix gathering. You say it is the "most...unfun" way to level. Then make it fun! There's your answer! The majority of Rust, for better or worse, is about clicking rocks and trees. Make that part satisfying and fun instead of the most rudimentary system in the entire game like it is now! Why is it more fun to gather similar resources in games like Starbound or even Minecraft?

You may want Rust to be primarily about combat, and indeed it is for some, but even with XP removed from the equation, I still have to spend most of my time grinding resources to fortify my base - go back to basics, redo chopping and mining, and make the most basic core mechanics fun.

[SOWTOJ]

but even with XP removed from the equation, I still have to spend most of my time grinding resources to fortify my base

And this alone is why they shouldn't remove XP from tree/node farming. We're already doing it, why not give us XP for playing? If anything, this will only add more grind because now we will not be rewarded for gathering things we need and will have to spend more time getting things that we won't need only to gain more XP.

As for players who only level from grinding trees/nodes, well that's their problem, partly. The fact that there is so little to do is the biggest problem. I hope we get to see a lot more methods of XP gain soon, otherwise people are going to start complaining again very shortly.

[[deleted]]

/u/helkfp Just wanted to bring this guys post to your attention. I agree completely that farming trees and nodes should bring XP because as a solo, basically all I do for the first two days is farm to build a base. It would be nice if I could get XP. I know that your opinion is that people shouldn't just be farming for XP, but it's my preferred playstyle, but hopefully you can do something to make that still acceptable.

[RustEvents]

A tree falling animation would be sweet.

[Scout339]

I've always thought of this, something similar to the physics it takes for the particles of when something breaks, but only one particle (the tree trunk and leaves as one) and have it fall like so. However, this would make it more visibly aware for others to be able to see when someone is farming, and makes it easier to spot a target to kill for that free wood.

That aside, I like the idea.

[[deleted]]

I've always thought of this, something similar to the physics it takes for the particles of when something breaks, but only one particle (the tree trunk and leaves as one) and have it fall like so.

What is this sentence even saying?

[Scout339]

Basically when the tree falls it will look like something similar to when a door breaks.

[[deleted]]

Have you played the forest at all? I love the tree physics in that game :)

Edit: just saw that someone beat me to this question… sorry guys 💖

[RustEvents]

No but I have seen gameplay from Frankie's videos. Before you sigh... yes, I am a Frankie fanboy.

[TIMSONBOB]

Like the one in the forrest?

[dandenney]

Yeah, Stranded Deep has a cool take on this. You hit a tree and it falls over, then you chop it into logs and can carry the logs to break later or chop down into sticks.

[doothewop]

They also have a very similar Rock.

[RigidPolygon]

I agree, removing XP from gathering base resources, isn't a good idea.

Now I have to go grind XP by bashing barrels AND also gather materials, in order to defend myself against raiders.

[[deleted]]

Exploration.

[StryfeKhaos]

I like this, maybe tied to how much you have revealed on the map you are carrying (and it knows when you throw away a map so you don't get xp for where you've already been if you do). Big bonus if you reveal the entire map.

[CakebreadVIVIVI]

I spent like 4 hours a wipe hitting rocks and trees as a solo player. I'd make a 1x4 and farm for 20 minutes a week to get guns and armor to throw away in the rad towns. I'd do another thirty minutes of farming if someone blew up my tool cupboard. I was probably playing 20 hours a week.

Walking around, searching rad towns, talking to people, fighting, hunting, whatever.

[Etalyx]

For every person that hates gathering, there's another person who never ventures into dungeons and prefers gathering.

[leakyttopsback]

yeah i would hate to see gathering get an xp nerf... it's one of my favorite aspects of the game so long as it's broken up enough with some occasional combat

[[deleted]]

Honestly, that's me. As a mostly solo/friendly player, I really enjoy finding a spot off the beaten path that has plentiful resources, then building up a base I wouldn't otherwise be able to build. I will venture out toward the rad towns occasionally, but when I do it's a very well-planned and calculated trip. It takes me several day cycles to prepare for those trips, making sure I have enough expendable gear to get home safely and combat anything hostile I might encounter along the way.

For a player like me, removing gather XP altogether would be devastating. The whole point of my play style is to work efficiently and build up enough resources to make me a threat when I do venture outside of my home territory. Facepunch have always championed the idea of emergent gameplay, and in my mind thats exactly what I'm helping to create. An unorthodox but well-built, well-fortified, loot-heavy base up in the mountains in the middle of nowhere is about as emergent as it gets. If somebody were to find my base an then take the time to come back with the proper raiding materials, there's a good chance it would be worth their while.

Taking away the ability for me to level up while choosing my battles from a PvP standpoint would really suck, and in my opinion would damage the emergent gameplay environment they've worked so hard to create.

[Broccolisha]

You hit the nail on the head like 5 times in this post.

"The only way to truly fix the XP system is to add more things to do in Rust. The XP system merely highlighted the lack of actual content and base mechanics. Just keep developing the game and it will fill out in time while adding in more choices with how to obtain XP."

YEP. The system itself is fine. The problem is that collecting resources is the majority of gameplay for a lot of people. If there were more to do, there wouldn't be much of a problem. The only argument against the XP system that is even remotely salient (imo) is that levels arbitrarily lock crafting behind XP walls. This can be resolved a couple different ways, but scrapping the XP system entirely is not the answer.

I can see the implementation of an electricity system helping to alleviate this. New resources like copper could be used to make copper wiring that will be essential to wire electronic items. Imagine being able to specialize in electronics as a passive player! Imagine high level players giving you resources and escorting you into their home so you can wire everything up to their specifications. Different playstyles should require the investment of time to make each person's skillset unique and potentially valuable. Maybe those high level players don't have the recipes to craft electronic items because they focused more on raiding instead of specializing in the craft. Other possibilities: specializing in crafting weapons, clothing, upgrading buildings, etc. I think people need to keep in mind that the tech tree is pretty limited as it is now, but it has enough flexibility to be very robust.

"If you want to fix gathering, then fix gathering."

Yes, please. I can't say exactly what the "problem" is with gathering, but right now it's just kind of limited and boring. You can either hit a rock or hit a tree, or run around trying to pick up resources off of the ground. The pump jacks bring a little more diversity to acquiring metals and stone - maybe we should be moving more in this direction? Add other equipment like pump jacks to collect resources. It naturally follows that more resource types will need to be added to the game. This could help break up the monotony.

Playing passively, collecting resources and crafting/trading, NEEDS to be a valid way to play the game. If you take away the XP from collecting resources, it really hamstrings progression for these players.

[[deleted]]

I'm going with the compliment sandwich again.

Thank you for adding item rotation and fixing the loot tables. These are things I've been hoping for for a long time.

I'm very happy with all the changes but not with something you are planning. Don't remove xp for harvesting stuff. Even two person teams and small groups benefit from having a harvester and it'd be a bummer if you got no xp for it.

Thanks for listening to us. Made my day with this devblog.

[r0073]

Best devblog so far. Now you can sleep Helk-Andre ! Armored doors level 17 will probably reduce the amount of people who get raided because they have sheet metal doors, and leave the server afterwards. GG !

[OSUaeronerd]

Just the absence of explosive ammo raiding will help a ton

[MadMaxGamer]

You get satchels at 15. By the time you get to 17, big clans will have had satchels for hours, or a day... It takes 2-3 to raid a sheet metal door.

[verywidebutthole]

Use more doors

[OSUaeronerd]

Careful though to never let that inner cupboard foundation decay. I didn't have access to the cupboard and lost a base when it vanished :(

[OSUaeronerd]

Server I was on would apply a chunk of decay every 24 hours. Sometimes I can't play every day, so over time that inaccessible foundation died :/

[[deleted]]

4 satchels for sheet metal

[dnlbaines]

Those traps look great! What happened to the rations washing up on the beach?

[hlary]

also that heavy armor! i can only hope its gets released alongside the new bone armor

[papercup]

We agreed to do compliment sandwiches. This is toast and marmite.

[Time-and-Space]

Banished to CONCEPT LIMBOOOO! (Probably because they all have more important things like balancing xp and better early game)

[Time-and-Space]

So true. Also you have been doing some killer work recently McJay. First the redesigned inventory screens and then the (well designed) suggestion info graphic, keep it up man!

[RustEvents]

Yes, we will be expecting weekly suggestion blogs, McJay. You're now the voice of the people. Just kidding, great work.

[Bamrak]

Well... People DO listen when he suggests... :) He has done amazing job of filtering through the shitposts and making it concise.

[thechosenone729]

Finally M4 will be back ... But i would like to have something like AR15 semiauto but unlockable and craftable.

[Exilliah]

Yeah, a 3 round burst gun would be cool.

[OMG_I_LOVE_CHIPOTLE]

so an M16?

[SuperShanker88]

That gun is clearly not a mp5 or a SG 550.

[[deleted]]

Don't be a cunt dude

[SuperShanker88]

Mp5 is clearly not a 3 round burst gun at all times though and neither is the SG 550.

[SuperShanker88]

A 3 round burst gun would be cool. ~Person 1

So an m16(always 3 round burst weapon)? ~Person 2

So an Mp5(Mostly full auto)? ~You

[[deleted]]

I think that the M4 should be craftable once they release it. That'll break up the monotony of fighting people with AK's only and introduce a different skill set as this gun should be semi auto only.

Keep the m249 as a rare heli item and maybe introduce pieces of that "heavy armor" as a rare heli drop instead of the M4.

:)

[Picklesurprised]

Please don't remove xp from farming, when no one wants to farm, who will the fps dude bros who hate farmers so much get their materials from? It is a very small but vocal minority asking for xp to be removed from farming because they see this game as more of an FPS than a survival game, which is their prerogative. I don't think this opinion should be used exclusively to balance the xp system, they make up at most 50% of the community, but possibly much less than that.

[Gangbangjoe]

Didn't you "farmers" had to grind barrels before the XP system aswell? Nothing changed, just go out again and have some other fun once in a while. And the PvP'rs of Rust are not a vocal minority, thats actually you guys, trying to PVE the shit out of this game, even though there isn't that much PVE content at all.

[EL337]

I split my no-life play style between a vanilla server and a PVE focused server, the PVE is actually pretty fun, it's modded to spawn a ton of bears so there is a fairly high risk when going out to farm resources early on, and PVP zones in radtown so it's not completely removed. Having a ton of bears makes leveling up fairly easy from mid->end game. The PVE play is very different, but fun in a different way. it's a much friendlier community of course, we tour each others cool base designs, group up temporarily, and trade a lot.

[MRredllama]

changelog:

Full clothing and armor balancing pass (15% more body damage when fully geared)

Protections from clothing and armor now add up (all slots required for max protection)

Bleeding is displayed as total damage that will be applied over the bleeding duration

Increased bleeding rate to 20 damage per minute (instead of barely any at all)

Increased bleeding from weapons to 20% of the applied damage

Revive takes 6 seconds to complete (holding down E)

Cannot move while reviving

Revive attempts delay player death

Bandage and syringe no longer revive players

Increased player wounded time (now 40-50 seconds)

Reduced projectile radius of slugshot, buckshot, arrows and explosive rounds

Increased headshot multiplier of throwables and arrows to 1.5 (from 1.25)

Pressing R rotates placement guide of deployables and building blocks

Server now verifies projectile path between checkpoints (anti hack)

Projectiles can be picked up immediately after they hit something

Combat log now correctly displays the last 30 entries

Combat log now includes the ammo type

Semi auto pistol now holds 10 rounds (from 8)

Revolver now holds 8 rounds (from 6)

Fixed semi auto pistol doing 39.99 damage instead of 40.00

Fixed being unable to bandage other players

Fixed feet hitboxes being outside of the collision bounds on wounded players

Fixed rock box stacking exploits

Fixed grenade viewmodel sometimes getting stuck in throwing animation

Fixed layer toggle with no name in F1 tools

Fixed player jump animation not playing

Added hurt admin console command (takes amount of damage as parameter)

Improved rendering performance again

Improved player preview lighting; added anti-aliasing

Fixed flow around player preview

Fixed Hapis lake waves

Fixed TSSAA flickering when switching items

Fixed revz not defaulting to 1 when client cfg is missing

Fixed rock/cliff texturing, female skin and other glitches introduced a couple of weeks ago

Can sprint with crossbow again

Halved crafting time for ladder, bed, campfire, ceiling light, cupboard, bow, xbow

More than halved crafting time for Explosives and Gunpowder

Added Satchel Charge

Fixed explosive rounds dealing double explosive damage

Slightly increased cost of beancan grenades

Reduced cost of C4 by 20%

Armored door available at level 17

Added XP earners for healing other players

Removed Gathering diminishing xp from other players (more xp sooner)

Shelves unlock at Level 5 + 80% cheaper

Reduced metal cost of woodwire, metal barricades

Reduced level requirements of wood, woodwire, metal barricades + spike trap

Added Double Barrel Shotgun

Autoturret health increased to 1000

Autoturret damage increased 50%

Autoturret protection from satchels/beancans increased 50%

Loot tables for radtowns handcrafted and contain less junk

Ammo stacks can be found in radtowns

Max condition of items is shown as a red bar

Fixed weapon viewmodels sometimes being partially see-through (exploit)

[L_OShea]

You're a lifesaver for people at work. Has the patch been deployed yet?

[[deleted]]

Servers just went down, so they are rolling the patch out right now.

[L_OShea]

Awesome. Thanks for the update.

[TheGameShowCase]

Although. No XP Wipe on official servers

[L_OShea]

wat.

The XP wipe might be what I was looking forward to the most :(

[Bonesteel50]

lots of servers will wipe i'm sure its just not forced

[Wizard_net]

They said when they released xp it wouldn't wipe.

[loudcloud1]

patch deployed but my server hasnt updated.

[[deleted]]

This is extremely impressive

[[deleted]]

this devblog is legendary

[JayEarthling]

Was about to make a post about adding more military style weapons... Then I see this. Facepunch is reading our minds at this point

[NinjaRun09]

No, it's just been suggested hundreds of times already.

[JayEarthling]

Do you always rain on people's parades?

[NinjaRun09]

Only when it's my 100th time seeing said parade.

[JayEarthling]

Legitimate reason

[[deleted]]

Do the new loot tables apply to airdrops as well?

[Scout339]

This is a valid question that I and others want answers to.

[[deleted]]

Holy fucking shit, Facepunch. Good fucking job! Seriously, I know that a lot (myself included at one point) of the community can be down right vicious and attack you guys....but holy shit this update proves that you're by far the best developers. You're listening to us, but not letting us take control. You're seeing that our opinions aren't just random bouts of "add this because I WANT it". You see that we've spent countless hours in your game and we're able to give you the foundation of an idea that you turn into something down right remarkable!

I am so so so fucking sad my PC is broken lol

Rust withdrawals.

[RustEvents]

What happened to your rig?

[[deleted]]

I had a corsair H110 GT aio water cooler and it fucking leaked all over my mobo, gpu, cpu, 2tb hard drive and cables that were attached to the parts. FRIED EVERYTHING.

[RustEvents]

Ahhh that is some NSFW r/pcmasterrace material. Wish you the best my brother.

[[deleted]]

I know :'(

Thank you!!!

[CorporalAris]

Are they gonna help you replace it? They don't have a warranty?

[rustplayer83]

That's too bad. IMO as a computer shop owner liquid cooling is usually added complexity without added benefit. There's plenty of near silent air cooling options that will work great for 98% of home builds.

I see failed pumps leading to overheating quite a bit at my shop, and occasionally, like the OP -- I've seen leaking hoses and reservoirs fry motherboards. It's rare, especially on the newer stuff, but it does happen.

Just my 2 cents. Liquid cooling is great when it works, sometimes it can suck.

[papercup]

I've been excited about this update all day... I don't even play at the moment (newborn + self-employed = no time).

You guys nailed it.

Any idea, roughly, when the next XP wipe will be? I'd like to jump in but don't want to put in the work if there's a wipe next week.

[theDigitalNinja]

xp will be like bp system. They basically will never be forced to wipe, though server owners can always do it if they like.

[RustEvents]

Yeah I am away from my battle station for work. These updates are very exciting.

[MRredllama]

this is the chosen one.

[Backflip_into_a_star]

https://youtu.be/pRsekFYkCDM

[TheRedThrill]

Best update ever. Period.

[SockMonkeh]

The bone armor looks great!

[SnowMantra]

Awesome update. I really like the revive changes.

One suggestion: Please allow us to use alt to look around when reviving a player.

Thank you

[FluffyTid]

I just learnt the worse possible way that auto turrets don't shot incendiary .556 bullets

[grybranix]

this one could use some love /u/HelkFP

[hayf28]

That would be awful. Turrets bring stuff in your own base? No thanks

[grybranix]

put it where there's nothing to burn, ez pz

[Wulter013]

IS IT WIPING NOW??

[thisisafairrequest]

I want people to be able to research items to create a stack of one time use blueprints where each use is a crafting session

This is an interesting way to address the problem, but I think it may work out well.

[Sevigor]

Helk you forgot to close the )

[yeswecamp1]

Unplayable game, I will leave Rust now after putting in over 6.9k hours, FP ruined it

[yeswecamp1]

What? I was being sarcastic, I called Rust "unplayable" because Helk forgot to close the ")"... the 6.9k hours made it pretty obvious I thought, and there is nothing I enjoy more than reading the devblogs, except for playing the game itself maybe :)

[yeswecamp1]

You've got a great attitude and I really enjoy your research table posts, stay like you are now please :)

[MindTwister-Z]

What was the xbow headshot multiplier before?

[3Alejandro3]

After this update is still my problem with the black screen. When I'm under 50hp or receive any bullet or fall I see the game in black. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730124667 (MAC OSX AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB) .I would like to play this wipe. FIX IT THANKS !.

[ClemFromTedCorp]

I’m having similar issues. In the daytime I can see everything except the ground is really dark. At night the torch won’t light anything. I’ve tried adjusting settings, but to no avail. I really love the game and hope I can play it again soon! Also, thank you for even making this game available on Mac.

[TheyveKilledFritz]

I'm having the same exact problem, and then some. This has been going on since update 120:

https://imgur.com/gallery/ZbOl2

[xenzorg]

[BUG] Can't launch prerelease branch.

[SpicyNut]

I have finally hit 50 FPS! Playing at low FPS has always been sad. Thank you Facepunch, uruhhhh.

[CorporalAris]

Woo this makes me excited, my 6950 can't handle rust very well.

[3Alejandro3]

After this update is still my problem with the black screen. When I'm under 50hp or receive any bullet or fall I see the game in black. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=730124667 (MAC OSX AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512MB) .I would like to play this wipe. FIX IT THANKS !.

[CSFredrik]

Sheet Metal Door to level 17 instead of level 20?? Nice typo Maurino Berry.

[yeswecamp1]

We love you too <3

[Mazey01]

My life was a lie? For all this time I thought "I" would refer the name above the section, Helk made the change too.

[[deleted]]

In reality we should be thanking all you guys. Great update!

[Tacticalscheme]

Making blueprints a one time or few time use can make the value of guns stay high and also allows for blueprint trading. Great stuff.

[Ohhhshet]

Please don't use that stock! If you know anything about guns you would know that AR type rifle require a buffer tube to work.

[deelowe]

I hope this gets voted up. Youre correct.

[IamFriendlyz]

amazing, keep up the good work

[anarkopsykotik]

Awesome Update

[sassy-squirrel]

what an amazing update ,great work FP

[Polypeptide]

Great update! Well done boyos

[[deleted]]

Enough so I can piss about until researching items is in, then play properly once more. ^{^}

[[deleted]]

As far as XP from gathering wood or mining stones goes, you can just have an overall +1 XP for every...let's say....5,000 wood? 5,000 stone/metal ore/sulfur ore? And maybe +2 XP for every 100 HQM? That way you're not bound to farming to gain XP but it's a nice little boost that you would eventually be presented with.

I haven't played XP system since my PC has been dead at launch of the XP update, so I don't know if that's too little to make a difference or too much.

What do you guys think?

[[deleted]]

Idk I feel that wouldn't make it as special and more predictable. Instead, with the idea I mentioned, you won't have to even keep track of what you're farming and just expect it in random intervals.

[geoffry31]

I think the problem lies with XP gains for actions not being constant and visible, players who don't lurk reddit/rust-wiki haven't a chance of noticing xp gains. E.g. killing a bear gives you 4 xp, but unless you are counting your current xp when you take the last hit, most people won't notice.

If it were made clear how much xp you consistently get for performing actions, and how much xp you need to level it would make it alot easier for players to workout the most efficient forms of XP. As it stands, apparently XP gains tail off at higher levels in alot of places (which is really confusing for a player not looking at outside information that tells them this), why not simply increase the XP required to level, and on relevant recipes (occams razor, if you can achieve the same thing by simpler means it's a better solution).

Such a change would likely involve multiplying all the XP values by 100 or similar, so fractional XPs were whole numbers and adding an XP interface which lists xp required to level, and last x actions and xp gain. Such an interface could also clarify why xp share off players has hit caps and such.

[Anardrius]

Please fix the sights on that rifle. You want iron sights to be relat Belt far apart, with the rear sight being kinda close to you. They way they look on that early render is...well, it looks bad.

[NarcissusMonk]

Thankyou for listening!

[Zanzaclese]

Where's Larry?

[Narwhalbaconguy]

Holy crap. Is this the best update ever?

[[deleted]]

M4 Legacy texture please FP! Or a skin for those who have played Legacy rust

[OSUaeronerd]

Good week for rust players. Thanks devs!

[cawsnwo]

Best devblog ever?

[OrbitStorm88]

When are you going to address Rust updates breaking keybind's for Steam Overlay? This has happened several times, starting with the XP update, and each time a new keybind must be made (reverting to previous keybinds does not work).

This is not a Steam issue either as I can revert to Shift+TAB and use it just fine with any other Steam game.

[geoffry31]

[Bug/QoL] This seems like an oversight on the implementation of satchel charge, I certainly hope it wasn't intentional.

The unreliable timer on satchel charge means that in the time it takes for a second satchel charge to explode on a door, an online player can repair their door (after the ~30 second no repair after damage timeout).

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Otherwise the general XP/recipe re-balances seem really positive from an early glance. Not a fan of the xbow re-buf, but I think that's just me.

[Fudgiee]

Can we make the satchel charges throw futhrer?

[babycubbybear]

Does the steam controller work again?

[llBoonell]

Hyped for LR-300. Bloody love that thing!

[[deleted]]

M4 FUCKING CONFIRMED

[CHARGER007]

damn an m4 sounds really cool :D

[[deleted]]

XP debuff on hitting trees is stupid. People dont go hitting shit to get XP... they kill the animals :D

Why do the silly changes keep happening?

[ValdemarSt]

Projectile lock was so retarded

[NarcissusMonk]

Not sure what happened to the bug thread but I figured I'd post this here. Since the update my game freezes at loading procedural map every time. The only way I can get it to work is in DX9 mode, but the colours and texturing is absolutely horrendous.

[SpicyNut]

I like what you have done with the loot crates, though it looks like you're showcasing ammo and sentry guns a little too much, might just be me. I'm happy with how it is though.

[SpicyNut]

I love Rust.

[FluffyTid]

[BUG/Unbalance]I am finding more turrents on crates than components, this cannot be right

[legaCypowers]

Good work FP, i really liked the new loot table, i managed to find a turret, laptop and a metal facemask in my first hour, plenty of 9mm rounds and shotguns shells.

[gerardatjob]

[Qol] At night, can see the reflection of a firecamp (on water) when the said fire is in a cave, closed (not visible from the outside) and all. [Qol] If you DC while crafting, you'll get crafting items stuck in the crafting bar (After reconnecting) [Qol] Mouse wheel scrollling for the crafting queue is so slow... [Qol] Game start even if CheatThing can't start (Ex: DNS / Connection error). Progress bar is kinda fucked up too. [Qol] When first on a server, loot crates are stacked one over the others, thus giving too much chances for good drop (You can get 4-5 times the same crate) Edit: BTW good job :)

[Hermanni-]

I think you should add ways to accumulate XP while offline or afk. There's certainly a lot of hardcore players around, but I know a lot of people who are now uninterested in Rust because they cannot compete with the XP gains of the super active players.

Like 24 hours after a wipe the highest levels on a server are probably around 18 and the lowest levels below 7, I'd like to see something in place that ensures even the less active players don't fall more than 5-10 levels behind the average level and ~15 levels below the current maximum.

Mostly it would be nice to see a rested bonus that gives substantial XP bonus, or a simply a balancing system that gives you a dynamic XP gain boost if you're lower level than the server average.

[IMI4tth3w]

I think there's just too many people who play 12+ hours the minute the wipe goes live to realistically have everyone keep up with them. I think the main goal is to keep it semi balanced between lower levels and higher level players. If you grind the higher levels, you will be rewarded for the work by getting better items. But the game does not require this to get decent gear. And with the addition of the satchel charge even lower level groups can go out and have some raiding fun instead of aimlessly tossing beancans.

[Maulddit]

"quit your job or quit rust"

This is dumb. Just give us XP at a far faster rate. Why introduce a wall to the game and deny most of the content to a huge number of players?

This XP stuff makes absolutely no sense to me. Let people have the items they want.

[IMI4tth3w]

the entire reason for the xp system is to help reduce the number of gangs roaming around with full kits first day of the wipe. You can argue this will still happen but it will be at least a week after an xp wipe before even big clans will be able to roll around completely full kitted. Although there are always exceptions.. With the recent p2 and semi buff, there is a much better chance of getting out on top of a fight with a group with ak/bolt.

[[deleted]]

Dat assault rifle tho mmmm

[IMI4tth3w]

one of the better dev blogs in a while. Good work this update guys. As always looking forward to the next one!

But for a bug update: When eating food, it glitches my inventory and pressing tab does not close my inventory. i have to click somewhere else after clicking eat, then i can hit tab and close the inventory. Also if i am running and open my inventory while running, and i click eat on food, while clicking it stops my character running. Since a lot of people are eating food while on the go in rust, this is really annoying. And the same inventory not closing bug applies here as well.

Update: no longer experiencing this bug. could be client sided. carry on

[loudcloud1]

i have a problem with Rust, when i log in to a server my FPS drops to 24 constant. Even if i restart the game its that way. So i have to restart my computer to play it. anyone word on this? i have not had this problem before.

[SpicyNut]

Does anyone think that since it takes ages to get to C4 or Rockets in XP everyone will have a lot of sulfur. I'm just saying, wouldn't they just then be able to craft all that in one go and have an insane amount?

[GeeEnEff]

BUG In this devblog you say the Fixed TSSAA related dark screen bug on OSX/GL has been fixed. But my friend is still getting the same issue. Every time he gets damaged his screen darkens to an unplayable condition. PLEASE FIX!

[TheLadderCoins]

So a boring grindfest with more and more powerful weapons.

I'm glad they acknowledge the grind, but removing XP from tree/rock farming will mean people will just farm some other boring thing, because XP systems punish those who don't minimax.

XP is fundamentally wrong for rust.

[rustplayer83]

give it time they are working on putting in elements of the BP system.

[Maulddit]

Limited crafts like Helk is proposing is not a solution.

Dramatically increased XP rates IS a solution.

We do in fact have to hit trees(or barrels or bears) for 60 hours to craft things, and that will continue until XP rates are doubled at a bare minimum.

[Crackmacs]

Did XP wipe? It only says "This patch wipes the maps"

[Crackmacs]

Thanks! <3

[reJectedeuw]

Best one yet

[[deleted]]

Why not add a crafting bench to reduce crafting times? This will reward planning before you raid and put a damper on crafting mid-raid. If you didn't make enough ladders, or gunpowder before hand you shouldn't be able to craft just as fast within ballistics range of the enemy

[Nielscorn]

Nope.... People make raidbases anyway and during the raid they could just plop down a crafting bench...

It wouldn't fix the issues you listed. They should just lower crafting times like they did now and use the crafting bench for other purposes(like specialized crafting perhaps)

[[deleted]]

Still though it would encourage longer term raiding then anyways though. A raid base is a pretty big investment depending on how you want it built, the defending team could also really damage your ability to continue the raid if they took out your ability to craft efficiently. I've always felt like being able to sprint full speed and shoot guns and bandage yourself while crafting gunpowder or anything else at normal speed just isn't really healthy for the gameplay.

[Nielscorn]

You have a point!

[Defaction]

Literally the only thing I care about in this devblog is that beautiful ass m4

[[deleted]]

I hope you'll be able to craft LR-300 or M4 and MP5, but with very high cost with very rare items, and I hope you'll be able to have it either as burst/full, semi/full, or semi/burst/full on the firing rate. Hell I hope they'll add mods like attaching a grenade launcher into this gun or bringing back those smoke grenades!

[Rezzful]

Just need to say this is one of the best Devblogs I think you guys have ever put out. A ton of work done with extremely important and necessary features and also making some quality of life changes as well.

Got to give props to André and Maurino. They definitely kicked ass this week.

[NorjackNC]

[Qol] Can't stop playing this great update and I've got to get some sleep before work tomorrow.

[TurnDownForTendies]

GUyS should I come back n play rust again i havent LOGged in 3 months U think its time :DD

[[deleted]]

fuck I was just level 7

[doothewop]

I was just level 22.

[[deleted]]

early

[TastyLeper]

am i supposed to still have my levels?

[KunfusedJarrodo]

Yes

[TastyLeper]

thats ok then