Why is it that 90% of servers wipe after one week?

[Defiant]

I mean I get it if you play like six plus hours a day, after a week you're going to hit a wall and have a lot of gear. What about for the rest of us though?

Now it's easy for you to say "Well find a server with longer than a week wipe" to which I'd have to reply, show me one that actually has a solid userbase and mod setup on it. I can't really find any. The ones I do find are Pay2Win with ♥♥♥♥ like VIP Nukes? I don't care about getting resources in VIP packages but when people are able to Nuke you via a command, that's just not fun.

My main concern though is that since the majority of servers are one week wipes, it splits the community up. It's hard to find a decent populated server with two week or monthly wipes because of this.

[Justfrost]

Theres about 90% of people who play and enjoy weekly wipe servers and then theres the 10% that enjoy monthly wipes.

[Alienware Gamer ALX]

what is the wipe ? they destoy your constructions ?

[Nailys]

Originally posted by Justfrost:

Theres about 90% of people who play and enjoy weekly wipe servers and then theres the 10% that enjoy monthly wipes.

you are wrong 90% of ppl who play weekly cause of buildings are not progressive.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/3/1479857071248147389/

[Kieran]

Theres a new server that wipes every two weeks, i enjoy and it so much.
It's called BB (britishborders)

[TomHud™]

if 90% wiped once a month u be asking why they wipe once a month :)
They wipe because the game gets stale,because once people get raided they tend to leave.
The Wipe breathes new life into the game.

[Illiaz]

Monthly wipe seems better, or a unused wipe, cuz I like stockpiling and building and whatnot, having to do it each weeks is kinda tedious.

[TomHud™]

Originally posted by Illiaz:

Monthly wipe seems better, or a unused wipe, cuz I like stockpiling and building and whatnot, having to do it each weeks is kinda tedious.

well if u playing vanilla a yearly wipe would do - so grindy :)

[Defiant]

Personally I prefer lightly modded, 1.5x - 2x, with slightly buffed loot from barrels/boxes etc. I can't really play vanilla anymore, it's just too grindy and the wipes occur too often. I just don't put enough hours in per day for it to really work out, I always tend to be cannon fodder more than anything else.

The thing is that I totally recognize the appeal of one week wipes for people who are more regular. I just think it's unfortunate that there isn't more server variety for the rest of us I guess. I'm also frustrated with the blatently pay2win donator servers. I don't care about the resources they get, but the ability to call helistrikes and nukes is pretty ridiculous. I understand servers need supporting, I've hosted a few myself for Ark, they cost money and take real effort to run so I respect people who donate.

Anyways yeah, like I said I'm just frustrated because I enjoy Rust, but without a good server to keep going back to, well, it's just not as fun as it should be. I had the same experience with Ark. I can't deal with vanilla rates and lack of admin oversight for hackers, and unofficial servers were always a gamble.

I wish the official servers offered more variety instead of appealing to only one set of gamers. ( However large that group may be. )

[PhoenixStealthy]

Originally posted by Kieran:

Theres a new server that wipes every two weeks, i enjoy and it so much.
It's called BB (britishborders)

i cant find the server... i want to play it too now xD

[Stratify]

Originally posted by PhoenixStealthy:

Originally posted by Kieran:

Theres a new server that wipes every two weeks, i enjoy and it so much.
It's called BB (britishborders)

i cant find the server... i want to play it too now xD

Spooky Moose or Rusty Moose Same server different names

[David]

so im sorta new to the game, Official servers never wipe except with patches? and most community servers wipe every week?

[Nailys]

Originally posted by TomHud™:

if 90% wiped once a month u be asking why they wipe once a month :)
They wipe because the game gets stale,because once people get raided they tend to leave.
The Wipe breathes new life into the game.

They wipe cause the game building and raid system its not balanced.

you can check this suggestion which will improve the healthy life of the servers http://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/3/1479857071248147389/
from 1 week to 1-3 months.

[UnderTanker]

becouse every one leaves a server after 3 days.... its a community issue not really a dev issue or server owner issue.

[Defiant]

I don't leave servers after three days. Even if I get raided, unless I guess they foundation wipe me. Which is pretty dumb when it happens but fairly rare.

After three days I have a solid elaborate base and am starting to focus more on gearing up to open world PVP more comfortably and start to gather explosives. That's on a 1.5x - 2x server with BetterLoot. I play a few hours a night, nothing hardcore but a bit more than casual as I'm at least a daily player.

I end up playing on One Week Wipe servers because that's where most of the playerbase is. I prefer to play on populated servers, more risk etc. The two week / one month wipe servers tend to not be managed as effectively. Often it's not clearly listed in the server name either, only in the server info which you can't view if you're using Steams server lists ( which allow you to filter for ping, something Rusts in game server lists don't have for some ridiculous reason. )

Finding a decent server, for me, is the worst part about this game. It feels pretty unnecessary too.

[Defiant]

Jesus Christ, now I find out that there's a force wipe tomorrow so even if I find a server that's on a two week or month wipe schedule they're going to be forced to wipe tomorrow anyways?

I guess I'm not playing Rust anymore, lol. This ♥♥♥♥ keeps happening. Like why start a progression based game knowing it's all going to wipe the next day? Is this Call of Duty lol...

There's absolutely no point to play tonight, right? Run around with a stone trying to gather ♥♥♥♥ to build a base that's going to be destroyed tomorrow?