Just had a surreal experience with Luke (Lead/Director level staff at Rustoria). I’m sharing this because players should know how an "Official" server group handles feedback and transparency.

The Situation:

During today's wipe, the queue for non-VIPs was completely frozen. I was 7th in queue and didn't move for 1.5 hours, while VIPs were joining instantly. When I raised this in Discord, the response from Luke was:

• Dismissiveness: He told players they "can't ask for more when they won't even pay $10 a month."
• A blatant lie: He claimed I hadn't connected to their servers in 4 years to discredit me. I literally played on the previous wipe.

The "Wrongspeak" Ban:

I made a post to discuss this transparency issue. Within minutes of getting through the queue and joining the server, I was banned.

When I asked for a reason, Luke straight up admitted it was because of social media criticism:

>"You are going well out of your way to try and damage our servers with posts on Reddit, why would we allow you to continue to play here?"

The Irony:

About a minute after I was banned for "damaging the server" by asking for more slots, they increased the server slots. They knew the feedback was valid, but they chose to silence the messenger instead of acknowledging the issue.

The Problem:

Rustoria is an Official Rust Partner. Being an official server should come with a standard of professionalism. Instead, we have:

1. Staff lying to players to win arguments.
2. Retaliatory bans for sharing factual experiences on Reddit.
3. An "Entitled" attitude towards anyone who doesn't pay the $10 VIP tax.

I even tried to reach out for a middle ground (just so I could play), but was met with: "I've made my decision... I won't be replying further."

If criticism of technical issues is considered "damaging the server" and results in a permanent ban, is this really the "Official" experience Facepunch intended for the community?

TL;DR: Got stuck in a frozen queue, pointed it out, got lied to by lead staff, posted on Reddit, got banned for "damaging the server," and then they fixed the slot issue anyway.

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Greetings fellow survivors, I have been wondering if it’s possible to change the graphics/gamma in the game or on my screen so I can actually see something when it’s nighttime? When it’s night in the game I just can’t play at all without getting obliterated by another player or some npcs!!

i already am OK at medium and Long distance Fights, but i have issues on short distance (1-10m), how to improve that correct?

I wanna buy rust but waiting for a sale on steam to buy it but I’m curious if this game will be enjoyable without having friends? Thanks

Hi,
Hope everyone is having a good day, whenever I loot someone while crouched and then press escape it doesnt let me stop seeing the body so I have to uncrouch just to be able to stop looting. Also similar thing whenever im crouched I cant change what im holding out for example if I got my gun out and try to equip bandages it doesnt let me do it without uncrouching. How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance

i know they are probably mad none of the skins sold much this week but is this the latest they have waited to accept new skins and accept defeat ? i know these are trash batch easter skins but have they ever waiting till midnight before hoping that could boost the store numbers more?

Hey all,

I'm new and wanted to futz around and learn the game offline and tried to install the "quick start dedicated server" zip on the official homepage of Rust and I couldn't quite get it to work. I guess I'm not literate enough in what needs to be done. And it's ok, because I actually have a good friend who hosts their own server that I'll be using instead.

So I figured I'd get rid of that folder that I inconveniently placed on my desktop and when I hit delete it crashed my computer, lol. I've been searching a bit and I can't find instructions to safely uninstall it.

Sorry, I hate to make a new thread but I didn't see a megathread for questions or anything and couldn't find an answer searching the sub. Thanks for y'alls help

Edit: Hey, I figured it out, kind of. Probably not the "right" way to do it, but I changed the file folder's properties to hidden, which kept the server from trying to start up. Then it let me delete the folder no problem

1. Can I goto Deep Sea with a normal boat or Rhib? What about a mini? Or do I need to build your own boat to be able to go?

2. Any tips or things I should know for someone going to the Deep Sea for the first time?

I dont know if its very noticeable. But i haven't played this game in 2 years and now my game looks like the character is short sighted, what do i need to change to see properly in the settings

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I am using the train quite a lot to travel from my base to get keycard's or do the trainyard minigame for the extra loot i find. and i notice that a lot of the time i am straight up lazerbeamed out of the train, even when using cover. do you guys have any suggestions abouth this?

I see all these tutorials on bases with shield walls and sea walls but I can’t really find out how to add them into different footprints. For example I can add a Patrico Peak gatehouse/turret to any base but I’m lost when it comes to shield walls and sea walls. Rust builder vets: show me the wayyyyy lol.

Im having issues with my BisectHosting server for Rust, my console command INGAME are not working, if i enter everything on bisecthostings console everything works but I can not do anything in game, I have made sure I am the correct owner of the server, ive removed myself and added myself again. my moderator is having no issues with his in game commands but I am not able to do anything on the console in game. anyone have any answers for this?