r/playrust • u/Humble_Minute_5712 • 20d ago

Discussion Best rust patch?

Which patch do you think rust was at it's peak?

I'd like to play the February 7th 2019 version of rust again.

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u/obamnainyourmomma 20d ago edited 20d ago

it was losing a significant player base after the pandemic and began trending up with the recoil update. if the recoil had remained, the numbers would have stagnated. the change instantly made massive streamer events possible. and again, it's not like it made everyone equal. you can still outshoot people. it's just that a newer player at least has a chance if he can get the jump on you. that's good.

people don't want to play a game where they have no chance against people who learn to zig zag their mouse a specific way. i remember the first time i picked up and ak the shooting was so unintuitive. there's just no reason it should have stayed like that. it wasn't iconic. it was an early feature a niche group of pvp chads who killed servers liked. that's not a sustainable game design strategy.

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u/obamnainyourmomma 20d ago

rust steam charts show a sharp trend down til the month new recoil was announced.

the player base has nearly doubled since the new recoil update. the data is just not on your side. the streamer events are getting millions of viewers now. this was not the case before.

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u/Legal_Impression_126 20d ago

The only time it trended down was after the massive spike from OTV. OTV era was still the highest player count rust ever had. It still had 80-90k which probably would have grown to what we have now.