Constant Updates

[Jesse Sandor]

Why is it that virtually every weekend, I sit down and see that Rust has yet another update waiting. It's actually starting to get annoying. Is it due to stop soon? Why do we need an update every... single... week?

[Mochur]

Imagine complaining about developers actively working on the game

[Henry of Skalitz]

Would you rather have a game be riddled with bugs until the next forced wipe a month later instead of having hotfixes put into the game?

[VikingDork]

You: “I hate when a game developer makes the game better by fixing bugs regularly!”

I would recommend a new game. Something the devs have abandoned. That way you don’t have to complain. :)

[Jesse Sandor]

Originally posted by VikingDork:

You: “I hate when a game developer makes the game better by fixing bugs regularly!”

I would recommend a new game. Something the devs have abandoned. That way you don’t have to complain. :)

How many bugs can a game possibly have if they have to issue updates every week. That's poor design.

[Henry of Skalitz]

Originally posted by Jesse Sandor:

Originally posted by VikingDork:

You: “I hate when a game developer makes the game better by fixing bugs regularly!”

I would recommend a new game. Something the devs have abandoned. That way you don’t have to complain. :)

How many bugs can a game possibly have if they have to issue updates every week. That's poor design.

Now use your head and think about what you just said.

Rust regularly has 100k players each day with servers able to handle 800+ players at once on a single map. Do you SERIOUSLY THINK a dev team of around 50 people will be able to catch all the bugs before releasing a content update EACH MONTH regularly for YEARS?

This is no "pOoR dEsIgN". This is the nature of a game of this size. Be thankful that you are getting bug fixes at all, because if we were in an era with games being sold in CD cases without Steam you wouldn't get ANY updates.

[Jesse Sandor]

Originally posted by ᲼⁧⁧Smelly Fish:

Originally posted by Jesse Sandor:

How many bugs can a game possibly have if they have to issue updates every week. That's poor design.

Now use your head and think about what you just said.

Rust regularly has 100k players each day with servers able to handle 800+ players at once on a single map. Do you SERIOUSLY THINK a dev team of around 50 people will be able to catch all the bugs before releasing a content update EACH MONTH regularly for YEARS?

This is no "pOoR dEsIgN". This is the nature of a game of this size. Be thankful that you are getting bug fixes at all, because if we were in an era with games being sold in CD cases without Steam you wouldn't get ANY updates.

This IS poor design if it requires but fixes every single week. In truth, the bugs should have been worked out before the game was even released, kind of like in the days of CD games. Not having to do yet another bug fix update every week is a good thing.

Digital download is much more convenient than CDs, but that's no excuse for releasing a game full of bugs, then issuing bug fix patches every week for over a decade since release.

Poor design.

[Toki's Road to 6k Elo]

There are many legitimate reasons to dislike FP (the removal of recoil, the addition of p2w stuff, and many things no one ever asked for), but frequent updates are not one of them.

[Recon]

Anyone else here not able to take the OP seriously and just think that this is nothing more then a piss poor troll attempt? Sure feels like it is.

[Jesse Sandor]

Originally posted by Recon:

Anyone else here not able to take the OP seriously and just think that this is nothing more then a piss poor troll attempt? Sure feels like it is.

I didn't ask to be heckled, nor do I wish to elicit responses from Facepunch fanbois like yourself. I simply wish to know if they will eventually knock it off with all the updates every... single... week.

Get it together Facepunch! Either work out the bugs before release of new content or stop releasing new content. If you can't do the job right, just stop.

[Jesse Sandor]

Originally posted by Mortal Wombat:

There are many legitimate reasons to dislike FP (the removal of recoil, the addition of p2w stuff, and many things no one ever asked for), but frequent updates are not one of them.

Frequency of updates is absolutely a valid reason. It's excessive, irritating, and indicative of poor design if they have to fix this many bugs every... single.... week.

[Lifegrow]

Originally posted by Jesse Sandor:

This IS poor design if it requires but fixes every single week. In truth, the bugs should have been worked out before the game was even released, kind of like in the days of CD games. Not having to do yet another bug fix update every week is a good thing.

Digital download is much more convenient than CDs, but that's no excuse for releasing a game full of bugs, then issuing bug fix patches every week for over a decade since release.

Poor design.

You're being a silly goose.

Games nowadays are fluid, they have the benefit of being updated/tweaked as tech gets better. You should go back and play Legacy Rust if you want your CD version.

Me, I like the constant updates/changes/tweaks, the games ever improving.

[VikingDork]

Originally posted by Jesse Sandor:

Originally posted by Recon:

Anyone else here not able to take the OP seriously and just think that this is nothing more then a piss poor troll attempt? Sure feels like it is.

I didn't ask to be heckled, nor do I wish to elicit responses from Facepunch fanbois like yourself. I simply wish to know if they will eventually knock it off with all the updates every... single... week.

Get it together Facepunch! Either work out the bugs before release of new content or stop releasing new content. If you can't do the job right, just stop.

When you post this on a public discussion thread, you have the very valid chance of being "heckled". Unfortunately for you, it does not appear anyone agrees with your point of view... I would recommend just letting it go.

[Toki's Road to 6k Elo]

I am not a fan boy, I hate them for gutting my game and leaving me without anything to play. Since the update, I keep getting banned from this **** forum because it's extremely difficult to not insult casual PRers who think all games should appeal to them, one mean word after 5 pages of them trolling you and you're out.
I know you main offline games like Skyrim but online games are different, and their maintenance is a non issue, it gets waaay worst.

[VikingDork]

It's okay guys, this dude is still stuck on physical media. Can't be bothered with OS updates, security updates, driver changes, ect. Once it don't work, it don't work!

[Chronic213]

I find it funny that there's an "experimental" version of Rust that people can opt into if they're OK with frequent updates and patches, yet Facepunch still shove multiple updates a week down everyone's throats on the "stable" version. It's a backwards way of doing things. The server files don't auto-update, but the game files do, so that FREQUENTLY (as in just about every time) results in server/client version mismatches until the server owner updates their end. The monthly wipe updates are more than enough to test (on experimental) and implement when stable/finalized. If they're pushing out updates to patch small oversights by their own development team so frequently, what is the experimental version even for? They should either use the experimental version for what it is intended for, or leave the game in EA perpetually, as at least some of the poorly implemented buggy newer features objectively fall into that category.