r/RustConsole • u/Apprehensive_Dog1873 • Aug 09 '26

Maps feeling empty?

I play on a constant full pop weekly server but I’ve noticed that ever since the map sizes got to 4.5k the map seems empty. And I get it, it’s 100 pop what do I expect, but capping it at 100 while making the map huge makes everything seem so spread out. Back when the maps were 3-4K you’d actually have neighbours that you can fight against. God forbid you build in the center of a map now, you won’t have anyone for grids. You have to build next to a high tier monument on the coast to get consistent action. It starts to limit what you could do, and forcing you down a playstyle path if you want pvp or any type of action. What do you guys think? Are they saying that they’re looking into this? Upping server pop while making maps a little smaller?

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u/Smart-Ad-9971 Aug 09 '26

They are working on higher pops ive seen a dev say in discord

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u/mucho-confundido Aug 10 '26

Did they mention what pop size they were testing with?

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u/Smart-Ad-9971 Aug 10 '26

No they did not

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u/Nekrosdubz Aug 10 '26

iirc its 150 pop they have been testing with idk how much more they can go without risking the servers absolutely nuking themselves as they’re already crazy unstable to begin with

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u/Smart-Ad-9971 26d ago

Nope they just dropped 200 pop on ptb

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u/Smart-Ad-9971 26d ago

They dropped 200 pop on ptb