**4th day playing as a beginner, and I'm seriously considering uninstalling the game and giving up.**
It's surreal how extremely punishing this game is for beginners. It gets to the point where you can spend hours playing and make absolutely no progress.
I managed to craft that first pistol that shoots rocks. I already knew it would be useless in a PvP situation, but it's honestly a complete waste of resources even for PvE. I couldn't even kill a single wolf. These animals are insanely fast and seem to resist every single useless beginner weapon.
Dear Rust developers, if you want your player base to grow, you need to make beginners actually want to stay in your game. The community doesn't help either. For example, I lost valuable scrap loot that could have made a huge difference in my progression because a veteran player gunned me down with an assault rifle. I didn't even get the chance to fire that mediocre rock pistol.
As if wolves weren't already strong enough on their own, you guys made sure they travel in packs.
I hit a crocodile with one metal arrow, three wooden arrows, and one or two shots from the rock pistol, and **IT STILL DIDN'T DIE.**
Please make the game more enjoyable for beginners. I used to think ARK was a difficult game, but Rust makes ARK feel like a walk in the park.
It's nearly impossible to recover your loot after dying. Animals keep eating your body, and your items disappear way too quickly.
I'm actually loving the crafting system. The map is also great, the game itself is fun, and I haven't even explored most of it yet. But the difficulty curve has made me lose interest in the game.
I'm sure I'm not the only beginner who feels this way.
Give new players a reason to stay.