SCUM
TechnoRambo Jun 25, 2023 @ 3:46am
How can I find more PvP action on official servers?
I would like to ask if anyone has any ideas on how to increase the chance of this happening. I enjoy PvP and would like to see genuine action.

It is very boring to loot all over the map and finding no one. I am asking for a medium size active server 40/64 or 30/64 around there.

I have a feeling that many people refuse to build bases and just bury chests. I have a hard time finding bases even in remote areas of the map.

I have been shot randomly without seeing the player, but basically thats my only action this patch period.

If anyone has pro tips for official server fun let me know!

P.S. Unable to replay to your comments, please answer as if everyone asks this question in their head when playing Scum :D
Last edited by TechnoRambo; Jun 25, 2023 @ 3:49am
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Dracsimus Jun 25, 2023 @ 9:00am 
usually the B2 airfield would have some action or be sniped from the hills.....
CrankyOldMan Jun 25, 2023 @ 9:32am 
You could always try camping the campers that camp the traders!
xKiCkx  [developer] Jun 25, 2023 @ 9:46am 
Hey there OP, usually hanging around the military POIs will result in finding some PVP actions, while not guaranteed it's the best place to check for activities.
Also, keep scouting areas and check where players on the server you are playing on are moving to and what they are looting. :)
fatesdeath Jun 25, 2023 @ 9:46am 
you dont... it just happens
scums not a pvp run and gun game. you want Consistant pvp play rust
Smitty Jun 26, 2023 @ 1:13pm 
Best?
C2 Bunker it's huge and very close to a trader. Just camp it a little you won't have to wait long
Jab Jun 26, 2023 @ 1:44pm 
Originally posted by fatesdeath:
you dont... it just happens
scums not a pvp run and gun game. you want Consistant pvp play rust
I hate seeing this type of feedback to a question from someone that clearly wasn't being hostile. You replied at the same time as a developer of this game did, take notes on what he said, it bugs me that someone asking for help gets told "clear off, wrong game, go play something else" when obviously there's a better way to respond.
For the record, I've played rust, but I prefer the pvp in scum, the mechanics towards gunplay and character control are far superior in scum. It's not official but there are good battle royal servers which offer consistent pvp.

For an official, I hang out in the big city, the loots pretty good and it's large enough that players spend time there while looting. It's not a small poi that you can run through in less than 10 minutes so you'll often to run into players there.
To OP

If you're thinking CoD, SCUM's PvP might not be for you.

The SCUM map is so vast that you can only meet other players on an active multiplayer server.

Why not play on a private PvP server with 30+ players?
PvP private server players will be proactive and will find you.

The SCUM League is coming soon.
It might be good for you to join the SCUM League.
CrankyOldMan Jun 26, 2023 @ 2:56pm 
Scum League Dominion is up and running this morning it had 54 of 64 on when I checked!
Famous (Banned) Jun 26, 2023 @ 3:21pm 
hopefully server pop will reach 100 someday, that with missions that drive player encounters hopefully, and we should have the right amount of action.
oynlengeymer Jun 26, 2023 @ 3:54pm 
Originally posted by TechnoRambo:
I would like to ask if anyone has any ideas on how to increase the chance of this happening. I enjoy PvP and would like to see genuine action.

It is very boring to loot all over the map and finding no one. I am asking for a medium size active server 40/64 or 30/64 around there.

I have a feeling that many people refuse to build bases and just bury chests. I have a hard time finding bases even in remote areas of the map.

I have been shot randomly without seeing the player, but basically thats my only action this patch period.

If anyone has pro tips for official server fun let me know!

P.S. Unable to replay to your comments, please answer as if everyone asks this question in their head when playing Scum :D

For me, My encounters are mostly at cargo drops. I play on low pop, 6 or 7 is usually max. Seen a random in a field and killed him. Went to cargo and seen a car there, I sniped one but the other got his loot into the car and left, I could not get an angle on the second player.

Cargo again and one player was inside waiting for me as must have heard my footsteps coming, I got them tho, pistol was faster than shotgun but I was limping and wounded.

I begin to heal and only loot one crate when I hear a car coming, I had to limp out to the nearest bush and two players got out, I was so close hoping they didn't see me.I just waited and watched as they were pretty geared.

Cargo, I made a successful loot of it and headed back to my car, a player had found it, waited till I opened the door to get in and killed me, lol.

Cargo again and Open door to a guy standing there like a deer in headlights I just blasted before thinking but poor guy was a fresh spawn, had nothing at all, probably waiting for the timer to run down. Sorry dude.

Most resent I hear Gunshots in a town, I use global chat but they dont reply, I sneak in and find their locked car surrounded by dead puppets. I was starving so risked asking again for a trade of food for some ammo. I say Im upstairs in the building above your car and camped, covered the entry door. A guy cam in, then the second, I probably coulda blasted them both from my position ,or they could have tried to fight too, but we made the trade and that was cool, because it was outside of a safe zone and it was risky to trust anyone.

Those kinda interaction are more rare than pvp in an official server.

Anyway, as someone who Likes survival with a "chance" of PVP, I see it enough on a very low pop server to keep it entertaining. I also found that players tend to build or base themselves in areas kinda close to a trade post.
Originally posted by CrankyOldMan:
Scum League Dominion is up and running this morning it had 54 of 64 on when I checked!
Oh, it's thriving. I would be happy if someone could stream it on You Tube.
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Date Posted: Jun 25, 2023 @ 3:46am
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