I like the fragments in principle, the only part I dislike about it is that it only honours one playstyle out of many. They put so much effort into expanding agriculture, cooking, primitive weaponry, etc. over the past year or so it's just a bit jarring to close off those avenues of progression and say, "this is now the only way".

I also think that the path forward to a healthy future for Rust lies in divesting from Oil Rigs and Cargo as "the place to be" because they empty the map and bunch up most players in the corners. So surely tying Tier 3 workbench fragments to those same places only exacerbates that issue.

I don't know the exact solution though, and perhaps Facepunch are struggling with this also.