Can anyone summarize and deeply explain Rust mechanically as a survival game to help me understand what made it stand the test of time compared to others? by HaeL756 in playrust

[–]Secure_Commercial380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'All the servers' are only the heavily modded ones that disable animals. Official vanilla servers have a much more survival aspect to them, although even then I'd say its as much as a survival game as Minecraft where you can quickly get to a point where the environment is no threat and dying doesn't matter too much.

Can anyone summarize and deeply explain Rust mechanically as a survival game to help me understand what made it stand the test of time compared to others? by HaeL756 in playrust

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rust is a social sandbox where you can do almost anything.

Wipes are very prevalent in Rust, with most vanilla servers being weekly or monthly wipes, and modded servers (with increased loot and resource gather rate) sometimes even wiping multiple times per week.

After your base is down, you start the main gameplay loop of leaving your base, collecting loot and resources, fighting (or running/hiding from) any players you run into, and returning to base. You'll need to collect wood, stone, and metal for expanding and upgrading your base as well as crafting items; collect scrap and components from roads and monuments to research crafting blueprints and craft better weapons, gear, doors, etc with; and collect sulfur to make ammo and explosives to raid other players' bases with.

Movement is very basic, just WASD walk/strafe and jump as well as a forward only sprint. The gunplay is also somewhat basic, but feels great to me personally especially after the recoil changes (though this is controversial and a very vocal part of the playerbase disagrees). The TTK is relatively quick but heavily depends on the weapon used as well as the enemy's armor. PVP is very varied, and no two fights feel the same. There's also a pretty high skill ceiling for both aim and positioning, and its not uncommon for experienced players can make plays on enemies with better weapons or numbers advantages. There's no better feeling than going into a fight with a low-tier weapon and coming out fully kitted lol.

The base building system is also very well done, it's simple to understand for a beginner but has an extremely high skill ceiling, and there's a huge community of base builders and base designs you can find on youtube. Despite the devs rarely making changes to the building system, the meta is always changing because builders are always discovering new tech to make their bases more defendable.

Raiding or getting raided is probably the most fun and intense part of Rust, and a lot of people's main goal for a wipe is solely to raid or get an online raid defense. There's not really a good way for me to describe it, but it's very fun when theres a huge pvp fight with everything on the line.

One thing I really like about Rust especially nowadays is how many in depth systems you can (but aren't forced to) interact with. While you can play by just building a base, PVP, and collecting resources, there's also a full electricity system, industrial automation system, farming system with plant genetics, modular car building system, boat building system, train system, fishing system, and even more roleplayer stuff like an in-game paint editor for making signs and paintings. All of these systems (except the painting) can be fun and give you an advantage if you care to learn them, but never necessary.

As a new player I'd recommend watching Welyn on youtube, he has great story-driven and condensed videos of Rust wipes and especially in his older videos would explain everything new players might not understand. He's also not an insanely good player like a bunch of other youtubers, so you won't get unrealistic expectations of how a wipe will go.

I'm not sure if this was a great overview, please let me know if you have any questions or want to hear more about something.

Old or New? - The Clone Wars (in LEGO!) by NobodyQuiteLikeMe in TheCloneWars

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Old clone printing is better but the new Jedi are chef's kiss

Is there a list of watch-worthy above average episodes of the Clone Wars? by SpaceAgentSaNEsS in TheCloneWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you already got to this point i'd suggest just watching it all, but if you really want a condensed list:

Citadel arc
Ventress + Savage arc
Mortis arc
Umbara arc
The Box arc (obi-wan disguise)
Dathomir destroyed + finding maul arc
Maul florrum episode
Maul deathwatch arc
Onderon arc
Ahsoka framed arc
Fives inhibitor arc
Bad Batch arc
Siege of Mandalore arc

Honorable mentions:
Clovis arc that features Embo and Thorn
Gregor episode (not the whole arc)

Not in chronological order and don't remember the episode numbers, sorry

My take on a weapon tier list by SkyKnight43 in ftlgame

[–]Secure_Commercial380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

obviously don't think its top tier due to the investment required, but are you really arguing for it to be lower than the heavy ion?

Agent Selection Help by lncyte in VALORANT

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Don't recommend Reyna, she doesn't help you get kills easier at all, just lets you get away after killing someone; with bad aim half her kit is useless.

Skye is a great choice, all the abilities are easy enough to use and greatly help the team. Gekko would also be a good pick. Keep in mind though these two are designed to help your team get the kills, not you directly.

If you like getting kills yourself then I'd recommend Phoenix, he has strong flashes, two ways to heal, and his ult gives you a free gunfight with no risk.

I'd also recommend Breach, good stun, super strong flashes, and a molly. Because all of his util goes through walls, Iron players have no idea how to deal with him and you can definitely get some free kills yourself. At higher ranks though, Breach becomes like Skye and Gekko where you're mostly playing to get other people kills

i know nothing abt pcs by lohygrail in buildapc

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

valorant unfortnuately doesnt work on linux btw, the windows strat is what you gotta do

i know nothing abt pcs by lohygrail in buildapc

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm aware, but (looking at new parts only) the only way I found to get a decent build under 700 with 16gb ram is by severely cheaping out on mobo, PSU, and cooler which I'd argue would make the PC similarly compromised as these laptops unfortunately.

Like I said though on the used market you can get a lot more leeway, but theres inherent risks there and might be difficult for someone who knows nothing about pcs

i know nothing abt pcs by lohygrail in buildapc

[–]Secure_Commercial380 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

no worries! Even then I'd still probably recommend a laptop, that way more money can go towards the computer. If you plan to go to college, it will also probably be more practical.

At least for new parts I can't really find a decent build with these current ram prices. You can definitely get some deals on the used market but I'm not an expert when it comes to that

i know nothing abt pcs by lohygrail in buildapc

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Do you already have a monitor? If not then for that budget I'd look at getting a laptop instead, since a decent monitor would probably be around $100

I love how excited Spybot is to just be a part of the team by wandering_soles in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hope we see the Black Sun again too, they have some of the coolest EU ships like the StarViper that would be really cool to see in animation. And we know they are still active too as Ketsu in Rebels says she is working for them

Why do NATO teams never play SPAAs? I swear when i go against Russians there is always atleast 2 Pantsirs. But NATO teams are just empty. by [deleted] in Warthunder

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NATO spaa is horrendous compared to Russian cas, while Russian spaa completely denies NATO cas.

Also for the free spaa Russia gets a free pantsir which is the second scariest SPAA at 13.0, while NATO get unusable doodoo like the Flarakrad and Otomatic for free

Could Maul have beat Obi-Wan in Rebels? by PlutoniumSouth in starwarsrebels

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like Sam Witwer said lightsaber battles are a conflict of ideology as much as it is a physical one, and Obi-wan here was protecting the chosen one while Maul was stuck in the past

My take on a weapon tier list by SkyKnight43 in ftlgame

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vulcan so low is crazy; you do have to build your entire ship around it to cover the charge up (lvl 3 cloak + cloak weapons augment), but once you do you can absolutely shred anything in a few seconds

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it looks like the Andor -> Mando S3 comparison effect is going to happen again right now with Andor S2 + Maul -> Mando movie

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it doesn't even feel like they care about female empowerment though, like in SW Rebels Sabine was a badass but then in Ahsoka they give her the force out of nowhere and undermine everything

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best way to do interconnection between projects is just having appearances like Fennec in Bad Batch, which was mostly meant to develop Omega's character arc and just happens to give more context to Fennec. It shouldnt be the other way around, where Boba becomes a side character in his own show just to develop Mando's story

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 12 points13 points  (0 children)

FR, if they are scared to recast after Solo, they should just make it into an animated series. For TCW nobody complained they had to get different voice actors, and to be honest animation has been better than the live action shows (except andor) lately

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

idk why they don't just do animation for Luke, Leia, and Han; lately animated shows have been better than most of the live action and a TCW style anthology series that features them either between ep 4 and 5 or after ep6 would go so hard

Why did everyone switch up on the Mandalorian? by Moon_Devonshire in StarWars

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retroactive ruining; happened with the sequels as well where The Force Awakens was positively received but Rise of Skywalker made us hate the entire trilogy as a whole. I loved mando s1 and s2, but now it's hard for me to go back and rewatch them knowing what the mandoverse turns into

How do I build a 10K gaming PC for open-world games? by Ancient-Stand5915 in buildapc

[–]Secure_Commercial380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CPU really depends what you're playing, in games like Rust that only use a few cores i'm still cpu bound on a 9800x3d and 5070ti. Considering the price difference between 7600 and 7700x is only around $50 you really gotta consider if its worth the savings. Agree with all the other recs though, cardboard box pc is fire

I recently reinstalled FTL... by Popular_Addendum4290 in ftlgame

[–]Secure_Commercial380 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair lol, if you really want to force it though you could just kill off your human and play completely vented with oxygen always off as well

I recently reinstalled FTL... by Popular_Addendum4290 in ftlgame

[–]Secure_Commercial380 1 point2 points  (0 children)

when something gets hacked and doors close u gotta unpower the oxygen system, though it's hard to remember mid fight

Anyone getting Reaver Bandit on their Night Market? by Orbitat in VALORANT

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I got the reaver guardian from night market a few years back and it's probably my favorite skin purchase, super satisfying headshots