Newbie doubts

[thisisvanda]

I have played Ark and I couldn't deal with the fact that I have to connect daily as if it were a job. Also, if I go offline for a week, can my stuff be destroyed/stolen while I'm offline?
Thanks.

[Shrub]

Yes but there are plenty of community servers that may fill your needs. Some offer protection against offlining so you can participate in raiding and have time for life.

[Biv]

what i did was start on a community/modded server and learnt from there

[simon]

The PVP in this game is more brutal than Ark but, as the other posters said, you can play on PVE or noob servers if you want a more mellow game.

[MONKWORKS]

Rust wipes weekly monthly depending on the server. # 1
Need big base design IQ, go play creative servers to learn # 2
Mini-copter is soo important, requires big learning curve time investment , go to creative servers to learn # 3
Understand Peeking issues with networking. Peekers advantage/holder's disadvantage is in play. understand it. # 4
How good is your aim and reaction time with a gun? Get good first with aim # 5
Map IQ, to need to learn all the puzzles and monuments # 5
Understand Fertilizer # 6
Practice getting to Boom as fast as you can # 6
what'd i miss?

[Primal]

Definitely PvE no kill, no raid, low decay or no decay until you get a feel for the game. I'm a new player and the bears and wolves can be challenging enough at times when all you got is a wood spear or stone tools. I've got three bases going now. One PvE to chill out on and practice my building and bowhunting skills. A PvE w/PvP in special zones server, raiding is allowed on that one though. And a official softcore one so I can get the achievements. Been lucky so far on that one, only raided once and not killed yet.

[Vendetta]

You need to be creative on how you build your base, if you do it well you will not be worth raiding and raiders will prefer to go after easier bases

Also you can install rust+ phone app and it can notify you if you are being raided

You do not need to log in every day, the TC has enough space for resources to last you even a whole wipe, depending on your base size

[Buggy Boy]

Originally posted by Vendetta:

Also you can install rust+ phone app and it can notify you if you are being raided

That's funny! So you're out shopping or at work, you get a message that your virtual base is being raided, what are you going to do about it from there? That sort of thing really does make it sound more important than it really is, like it's a second job, only you don't get paid for doing it.

[Buggy Boy]

Originally posted by thisisvanda:

I have played Ark and I couldn't deal with the fact that I have to connect daily as if it were a job. Also, if I go offline for a week, can my stuff be destroyed/stolen while I'm offline?
Thanks.

If you have a decent gaming rig and just want to play PvE then try installing your own local server, I did this and I can configure it exactly the way I like, no other players raiding my stuff while I'm away, and the server state is frozen until the next time I load it up. If you wanted to open it up to other players then there are a few extra steps to open up some ports etc and make it visible online, not hard to do though from what I've read online.