u/LiveYourLifeNerd

Still a learning player and pretty newbie to the multiplayer AOE scene - i am just playing quickplay 4v4's but i was wondering for you long term players - do you notice the same thing i already notice that some civs are simply broken... I am talking about the moment the enemy mongols have a mass of 60+ never ending Mangudai, i was just up against a non-ending production of trampling elephants on which i read "SPEARMEN ARE THEIR COUNTER" - i sent over 60 maxxed out Spearmen and in 3s i was left with 1 singular spearmen... (HRE - the blacksmith landmark)

It seems the general premise of the game is just to rush to that point where u can spam some random unit endlessly and win the game just off of spam...

Maybe it's just me but i genuinely wish this game would be more focused on having to have a composition of all 3 categories: infantry, range & siege weaponry.. I maybe tend to find it much harder as i also play only 4v4 currently to watch others play, learn & also try my best to help out for that missing spot (i usually rush early as HRE, focus on frontline or flank with knights)

I can say that my current experience has been pretty positive as most players are encouraging, helping.. albeit 90% of my matches are against Chinese names.. not sure why that is?

Here to share my opinion on the game as a returning player from old COD's & some Warzone in-between.

- Movement is still really fast, sliding is stupidly overpowered considering the TTK being so fast people slide under your crosshair & kill you really fast.

- I tried TDM and it felt like i was spawning in the hands of enemies dying in 2s, map really feels like COD4 MW Shitment (Shipment)

- TTK is INSANE, dying in 3-4 shots to body -> has to be less than 0.15s... Below reaction time of many players.

- Random stutters (excused as it's still Beta), but FPS is meh

- Sniping useless, shotguns are kiss bullets, only viable weapons are SMG/AR

- Interesting skins choices hopefully not destroyed by stupid choices in future

- Gun levels for me don't make sense, i feel like they're so irrelevant and having to run one single gun for hours upon hours to unlock it's full potential seems overwhelming and we all know 5weeks in everyone will be running the same 2 guns that are meta...

Overall rating so far would be around 6~/10, feels the same as Black Ops or very similar, nowhere near the feeling of MW2 & CoD4 for me..

This is the MOST FUCKING STUPID thing ever added. I cannot believe they even changed this - for what?

So i can struggle to complete this fucking stupid challenge for destroying aircraft, oh why make life easier when they can make it living hell and make this game as CoD like as they can.

Insane why they removed backfill and why i cannot do Conquest vs bots solo for it to count towards challenges. Fuck this game!

Wondering what kind of recommendations you've got for the budget of around <200€ - without pets mainly a quick grab clean type of vacuum that's not too overcomplicated or as expensive as Dyson's. (Location: Slovenia) The apartment is quite small around 55m², there's some linoleum and the rest is woode parquet.

There's so many "fake" variants on amazon with 11k+ reviews for example - what would you say about those? Do they do the job with enough longevity for them to be worth 100€... (for example image below...). Would be a gift for my mother and myself as i hate dragging corded ones around

https://preview.redd.it/1gjd4c281hbh1.png?width=296&format=png&auto=webp&s=ed2ebf60e5e225ea1317df8630d0eab832e107f4

So far... Holy broken weapon, i get no chance to swing my wall and am dropped in one burst in hazmat...

Not sure what to do against this especially in a 1v2 against 2 M16's... "git gud"?

Hey!

In the past the buds had option for noise cancelling, no noise cancelling or ambient sound but when i now switch the buds to the Off part it's still cancelling out noise

So my only option is using ambient sound with low volume...

Anyone ran into this issue recently?

I'd love to hear your thoughts whether it's worth upgrading to Buds 3 Pro from the Buds 2, how big of a difference is it?

I appriceate everyone's opinion without hostility!

I mostly watch Blooprint and i've just been trying to get back into Rust but this just feels so MISERABLE as a solo. It's fresh wipe today so i decided to give it ANOTHER go, btw this is after i've quit 3 back to back wipes on 3 servers due to just getting tired of it few hours into wipe...

What happens is that i join fresh wipe, everyone's on bows amazing i'm doing well PVP Wise i got T1, revvy progresion moving nicely!... But then the DAMN FRAGMENTS.. Every monument 24/7 farmed by every single person so i take a few hour break.. we're 5 hours deep into wipe now after the break i'm logging back onto same server i am now met with full kitted out SAR's a few are already running AK-47, i hear C4 & Rocket raids... Like what the fuck is the point of Rust anymore? 1 Year or so back monthly servers were so amazing, even after 1 Week~ people were grinding scrap, still getting to Tommy and researching T3.

This just feels like 3-6hour wipes and then everyone quits, server dies? I sadly don't play vanilla, i just do NOT have the time anymore nor the will to solo grind all the materials for any kind of base.. It's so sad to see at least before i could slowly progress, go out do a run even if i die i can at least go another run for little scrap and i'd have a feeling that i'm actually progressing. Now i'm either DEAD stuck at the same spot.

I'm writing this after quitting my 5th attempt to get even tier 2 as solo...

I've genuinely never played a worse season than this one.
You try to reset or reposition? Nope, here comes Octane with Axle flying behind him at Mach 10. You like playing smart, slower, more strategic? Forget it. Now there’s a crackhead movement legend bouncing in 100 directions that can full send you and delete you in 2 seconds. What happened to legends like Caustic actually being strong and viable? The game used to have different playstyles. Now it just feels like everything has to be hyper fast, nonstop ape fights and movement spam hipfire shi.

Ever since Axle got added, the pacing feels completely cooked. The game’s just way too fast now, and honestly i just hope they fkn nerf her to oblivion or remove her from the game

My current experience in Platinum+ is shooting a team, cracking their shield & they're gone in 5s, after 20 seconds they're back with full shields. Getting into a fight with any team is the highest risk in this season, you're getting 3rd partied by a axle/octane team in few seconds of starting fights.

Not to mention her absolutely broken ultimate in my opinion, launching you into the air with 0 possibility of fighting back unless you dump a mag/two into the drone & focus only on it during a fight...

Nice 7 skirmishers and 4 controllers.

What is your take on the current situation...

Just started watching Blooprint's stranded at sea with Spoon & i couldn't agree more on his take on Rust in 2026.

I tried a wipe myself after being absent for almost 6months or so & i was shocked to see what is happening to this once amazing game... I've never experienced a more boring, dull experience as it is right now.

The progression is a joke, few hours into wipe almost 2 or 3 and i hear AK's, almost every weekly server dies out in 24-48 Hours & Monthly's are barely active at a week in... How has it come to this when few months back i could log onto a monthly 3 weeks in & it was at near full pop?

I dislike the whole new tech tree being absolutely free... As Blooprint mentioned finding a garage door or running back to home with a higher tier gun to research was just the peak experience.. What's the point of it now?

Adding fragments only worsened this experience for me personally, big clans got the fragments few hours into wipe & T3 -> then the shops start... Fragments, guns.. This is literally few hours into wipe and you can buy a T2 or T3 alongside guns. As they're planning on adding a battlepass & character customization i really wonder what's the point of this all? The character customization will just end up being nerfed due to people finding broken combinations & characters to use for benefits.

TL:DR - Rust in 2026 is a whole different game than 2025, it's not worth the time or money as a game itself anymore. The spirit of Rust is gone & most servers are dead within 1 day of wipe.

Share your opinions i wonder what you think!

Currently residing in Slovenia I've been on the lookout for a "cheap-ish but premium" vehicle for myself.

My budget ranges up to 8,000€\~ depending on upkeep of vehicle.

I'm mainly looking for a hatchbacky, bit on the shorter side vehicle as I'll be living alone & would need it to be a city car for work. Mainly avoiding cars like Clios (older ones).

\- I've been told Mazda's are expensive upkeeps & 90% are rusty (Mazda 3 seemed reasonably priced)

\- Some Opels are around such as Corsa, Astra etc., haven't found any info on their performance, they seem bare bones type of cars and the better ones seem to go above 10k€

\- I've found the Seat Leon 1.4 FR (2018) to be the best car to my liking, there's a 192k(km) one selling for 9999€ but that's a bit above my budget especially with registration etc.

\- Peugots seem to all have the same wet belt issue and some 2021 versions are prices at 7,000\~ due to the many issues I've read about these cars.

\- Golfs seem to be overpriced in Slovenia currently even the most base ones cost 11,000€ and imported with unknown history (reversed mileage), yet seem the best all arounder for a beginner

Any tips, recommendations are appriceated!