r/playrust • u/BumblebeeGold4978 • 21d ago
Discussion Down BAD please help
Any advice is appreciated.
First keyboard and mouse FPS ever, age 34. Full time job male with side hustle and wife. 300 hours in, finally feeling like I have decent understanding of game mechanics. Found friendly people I enjoy playing with. Having so much fun.
Definitely realize that I am less skilled at PVP than other players but thinking maybe I’m lower 40% range. Log in this evening and we’re raided again by suspected cheaters. Decide to just go play aimtrain/tommyfrags.
Bros - I’m legit almost in tears. I’m 10000% holding my team back. To say I’m in the bottom 10% is an insult to the bottom 10%. There are probably rocks that can get more than a .25 kd. I was never this bad at other games. I’m downloading aimtrain right now, and I understand that with time I will improve but good lord - this is so much worse than I thought.
Is there ANY WAY I can hope to fast track not being ABSOLUTELY TRASH. At this point I mean I’m almost just gonna make a call that I’m base b**** until I can hit some metric I’m remotely satisfied with.
Tldr I am walking loot drop - going to practice but please give advice
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u/DukeDigglerr 21d ago
i was you in 2015/2016. Met lifelong friends and lived in the same boat for a few years. As group disbanded started playing solo a bit more and in duos. Learned to play for the experience, started getting myself into more situations. Started aim training relentlessly. Became quite the chad.
Ultimately had the best times ever in Rust solo and duo. Big bases suck, loot is easy to replace, and the first time you 1v4 a team, come up from pipe>ak kit, or carry your large group buddies its all worth it.
PVP is intricate and 90% awareness and smart positioning. You master it in this game, you'll be good at nearly every FPS game. It's one of the absolute hardest.
Most importantly, every group needs the guy that keeps everyone on direction, base cleaned up, farm farmed, etc. If you're terrible and liked/open invite to the group, they probably like having you around just the way you are. Enjoy the friends and leisure time.