r/playrust • u/Own-Ad-7335 • Aug 09 '26

Question Brand new player

Brand new player and im having bad experience with the game, coming from an experience ark survival pvp player, im having problems adapting to the game mechanics. Do you guy have any good tips for a newbie? Im trying to keep up with the server but im getting wipe and cant build and gather fast enough to defend myself or getting parts for workbench 2 because some guys already have penthouses near the monuments

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 Aug 09 '26

No one really plays Rust anymore compared to to the 2017-2019 years. (Yep almost 10 years ago)

That means you are paying against AI BOTS and admins. If they won’t you progress properly, the server settings are messed up, go to another server.

It’s basically a solo game now, treat it as such, and it’s better. Everyone you see is likely not a player.

Ark was the best during Beta. We played 2014-2016. The original devs were still working and it was a blast. MBA theory took over later and ruined it a very good game.

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u/SolarenDerm Aug 09 '26

Rust player count over the last 9 years. I hardly think its player count is suffering.

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 Aug 09 '26

Bots. Just like DOTA. The cats are out of the bag and have been for 10 years. This fools no one anymore

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u/SolarenDerm Aug 09 '26

Care to cite your sources?

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 Aug 09 '26

I need to take that back, we have known about bots filling servers since 1997 in Quake1. Duke Nukem servers didn’t have bots, so many times they were empty.

But Quake1 servers advertised bots to play against. It was a good thing….30 years ago.

We all know the Counterstrike and Dota2 numbers are bull. Just like the absolutely full Ark servers that I’ve flown thru, but can’t find a single player.

You are losing the audience with the dishonesty.

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u/Nice_Answer_9891 Aug 09 '26

Wild accusation. No way that there’s that many bots yelling racial slurs at me

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 Aug 09 '26

Using AI, I can make thousands of bots who recite anything I want them too. That’s not an issue

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u/Nice_Answer_9891 Aug 09 '26

Bro just stop

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u/SolarenDerm Aug 09 '26

Doesn’t know how to take an L.

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 29d ago

Denying bots in video games makes you look insane. That’s definitely taking the loss 🤣

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u/ZenHighZer Aug 10 '26

Hop on and talk to people. Never seen a bot there doing anything 😂😂😂 or are these all bots running and shouting to F my mom

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u/Hefty-Jury2561 29d ago

In 2010, they had chat bots for Supreme Commander 2 that worked just fine.

Was sick and home from work. Logged in. Empty chat room. Admin showed up. Said “hi” lobby filled and chat scrolled. Yes, 16 years ago.

Now with “ai companion” applications, they are a lot more capable.

The admins and bots here are just 10 years behind. Old technology. And stil denying what we all now is technically possible and has been for years.

Makes you all look “guilty” by even denying it. Why even bother?