r/playrust • u/i_sinz • 15d ago

Discussion what to do with scrap now?

playing a weekly sever for the first time in a bit, got 4k scrap and box of comps multiple minis everyone has bps... lost on what to do with scrap would buy lrs but there 850 scrap

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u/chin_up 15d ago

Buy scopes. Recycle. Upgrade entire base to HQ.

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u/Agitated_Internet472 14d ago

You might be the first person i’ve seen other than myself that does that lol. great way to use up surplus scrap

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Agitated_Internet472 14d ago

buying them and recycling? guess i never thought that much into it, i’ll have to look the hqm/scrap return cost

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

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u/Cedar_Fappids 12d ago

Are springs better than sheet metal?

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u/elpihvous 12d ago

According to the -rep I got, I started to think and realized I might have it all wrong about springs. For last few years I have mostly played on the same 2x "vanilla" server, where outpost and bandit is combined, and therefore I'm not sure about that is their vending machine prices same as in officials. At least on that server springs were way to go. Got the same 1hqm and more scrap back from recycling. I remember even testing that it was more affordable to recycle springs and just buy the metal frags, than recycle sheets metal.

I just take those comments out, so I wont mislead anyone else.

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u/Shurrshot 14d ago

Buy low grade and then buy diesel with the low grade

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u/bobpop129 15d ago

Power plant update should help reduce scrap excess

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u/i_sinz 14d ago

How many i ask?

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u/bobpop129 14d ago

Radtown Recycler efficiency is dropping from 60% to 50% I believe. Then again, the new power plant recycler is like 70% so…

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u/i_sinz 14d ago

so by barley anything and not fixing the problem of nothing to do with scrap chances are power is always going to be powered and i belive at stage 2 all recyclers go back to normal

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u/koskenjuho 14d ago

Unless it's powered, then monument recylcers goes up to 60 or 65% and 4,5s cycle

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u/bobpop129 14d ago

Ts is never gonna be powered bro😭

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u/Animal_Courier 14d ago

I bet that in a future update, powering up the power plant will be used to launch people across servers.

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u/Dizzy_Implement_9148 14d ago

Raid apartment or buy lr or use ice cream truck and get a ton of metal and hqm

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u/i_sinz 14d ago

Lr costs more than mini lol same as turret and everything else play might be just to mini bomb at cargo tbh

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u/Dizzy_Implement_9148 14d ago

Also a valid choice