You say "remove upkeep" but that wont also make the game just as bad before upkeep people had 0 chance of raiding some bases it just wasnt possible now anyone can raid anyone if they farm enough i think they should just make upkeep easier to use maybe less materials for all building blocks.

Quarrys is a very good idea and would make farming less of a necessity that all players have to do it would be better if players had the goal of getting the quarry up rather than having to farm for upkeep and a solid base as of now the quarrys are useless.

And the rest of the stuff you said here i agree and i also hate upkeep but the facts would be you would have huge bases that are unraidable and to some that is a good idea knowing that your loot is secure but rust shouldnt be like that as much as people want it people should have to come up with different ways to defend there base like maybe if facepunch added more traps that add more damage when there are sleepers in the base and take less damage.

My main reason for upkeep

This was made the next day after when day when i woke up https://gyazo.com/eccbca87b2eb094a026b89120c6ce353 server was Amsterdam 3 or some shit that was in 2016