I have a love / hate relationship with this game.

As a player with a couple of friends Rust legacy was brilliant but spoilt by cheaters which was a shame, I must admit the game requires most of your spare time to build up on a busy server, a game you would need to play every day or you will no doubt be raided and lose everything.

Teamwork is essential, it is possible to be a lone wolf but you will be beaten down by teams eventually. I have been a server admin on a few servers but it really isn't much fun in the long run. I owned a server for a while, the amount of time required to maintain it, promote and look after the population was essentially a full time job. I can honestly say that blurring the lines between gaming and work is hardly fun or rewarding in the long run (unless you are making money of course!)

The new version of Rust started out extremely buggy and I did my part to report bugs and contribute via Reddit and the Facepunch forums, after a few months of doing this and not seeing much progress I gave up completely. The team at Facepuch are quite good as game developers but project management is certainly not one of their strong areas. To completely dump a game's development and start from fresh during the height of it's popularity was a bad decision.

It seems now that Rust has many of the features that legacy had and will no doubt become as great as the old version, I'm just not sure that the timing is right. Much of the community have had their fill of the game and have moved on, I don't want to slip back into playing for 8 hours a day as I have a busy life away from the computer. I have tried to get back into the game but find that the servers wipe far too often due to updates, when these are less frequent I may give it another shot.

I still recommend the game though, I have had many laughs with some great people while playing Rust. A game that can hold my attention for 700+ hours is definately a winner in my book even with it's flaws.

I have a love / hate relationship with this game. As a player with a couple of friends Rust legacy was brilliant but spoilt by cheaters which was a shame, I must admit the game requires most of your spare time to build up on a busy server, a game you would need to play every day or you will no doubt be raided and lose everything. Teamwork is essential, it is possible to be a lone wolf but you will be beaten down by teams eventually. I have been a server admin on a few servers but it really isn't much fun in the long run. I owned a server for a while, the amount of time required to maintain it, promote and look after the population was essentially a full time job. I can honestly say that blurring the lines between gaming and work is hardly fun or rewarding in the long run (unless you are making money of course!) The new version of Rust started out extremely buggy and I did my part to report bugs and contribute via Reddit and the Facepunch forums, after a few months of doing this and not seeing much progress I gave up completely. The team at Facepuch are quite good as game developers but project management is certainly not one of their strong areas. To completely dump a game's development and start from fresh during the height of it's popularity was a bad decision. It seems now that Rust has many of the features that legacy had and will no doubt become as great as the old version, I'm just not sure that the timing is right. Much of the community have had their fill of the game and have moved on, I don't want to slip back into playing for 8 hours a day as I have a busy life away from the computer. I have tried to get back into the game but find that the servers wipe far too often due to updates, when these are less frequent I may give it another shot. I still recommend the game though, I have had many laughs with some great people while playing Rust. A game that can hold my attention for 700+ hours is definately a winner in my book even with it's flaws.