Finding Friends Suggestion - Rust

Whenever I play rust with a friend it is always impossible to find that friend. This is mainly due to the fact that the map does not have any obvious or standout landmarks, but this is not my complaint. I suggest that you should be able to friend certain players and mark them on your HUD, with their agreement. I have noticed from hours of game play that 90% of time I am playing is time spent trying to meet my friends on the map. I think it the game would be exponentially more enjoyable if you could meet up with friends quicker and in turn save you from hours of wasted time.

I Agree we should at least have a minimap?Maybe something to add on.But I've also spent hours attempting to find my friend.

The map DOES have obvious and stand-out landmarks. Take the time to learn the map. Also, thebacon made a great guide to find your friends. [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=205217019[/url]

No. This is a terrible idea. The game would not be the same , it's not supposed to be easy.

How so?

He already answered that question. It's not supposed to be easy. That's why there's no map or compass. Learn. Grow as a player. Learn the map, yourself, like the rest of us have.

It isnt suppose to be easy. What you gotta learn is to adapt to the map, there are many landmarks, and the sun could even show you where your position is.

I can see your point, but I think you should at least get a mini map. It's really stupid to have a MULTIPLAYER game where it takes hours to find your friend and play with them. If you had a mini map or maybe even just a compass it would take hours of boring non fun gameplay and make it possible to have fun with your friends. The game itself it is already hard and fun, but pointless without friends. Unless you are a loner.

It's not stupid at all. Thousands of other players have figured it out just fine. It took me less than 2 days to memorize the map and figure out where I am just by looking around no matter where that is. By the way, those 2 days were fun as hell, you Negative Nancy. Stop complaining, stop asking for features that will break this difficulty setting. Grow some hair on your scrote and learn to play like we have. Besides, there are already maps made by players to help you.

Yes I understand it may sound good on paper to have a very hard survival where you have to use navigation skills and everything else. But in reality unless you can play the game 24/7 it is hard to just have a good time with friends.

Stop whining.

Well I'm not really sure how to respond, I could say the same thing to you also.

[QUOTE=executedmofu;43280203]Yes I understand it may sound good on paper to have a very hard survival where you have to use navigation skills and everything else. But in reality unless you can play the game 24/7 it is hard to just have a good time with friends.[/QUOTE] Sounds to me like you want the game to be easy mode like most others out there. This isn't WoW.. Try to think outside the box.

[QUOTE=executedmofu;43280232]Well I'm not really sure how to respond, I could say the same thing to you also.[/QUOTE] I'm not the one whining that the game's too hard or too boring. If you don't like it, stop playing.

I DON'T want the game to be easy I just don't want to sit down for 2 hours straight and try to find friends, also how would being able to find friends make the game so much harder. If you really like to play the game hardcore there should be an option to disable the mini map or what ever. This was just a suggestion remember that. Seriously I love the game, I do, but I think if you just enable it and disable it, it would mean fun for all players. It's not like you would be able to see other players and abuse it to hunt them down. Then who knows you may not like the map so you just disable it. It really would not give you an advantage, because the map would not show you resources or player built structures. It would just let you meet up with friends.

I guess you'd better stop wasting time whining on the forum and get to memorizing the map, then, huh.

I'm sorry I don't waste my free time memorizing in game maps lol. It was just a suggestion to make the game more enjoyable for all.

It won't make it more enjoyable for all. In fact, it would ruin gameplay for me and many others who don't need to have our hand held to play a game.

Yes but you could disable it as I already said. Or maybe add a map and compass in as a craftable items.

If they added a map, I would stop playing. That's the whole beauty of this game. Some of the best moments I've had is when I've finally made it back to that spot, after dying or being chased and then getting lost. You have to live off your wit and there is no maps to hold your hand and lead you wherever you want to go. A compass? You know the sun sets in the west and rises in the east right? I am always baffled at this request for this game. It's like test driving a convertible and then saying "Yeah, it's nice, but I really think they should add a roof to it".

I THOUGHT I MADE IT CLEAR YOU COULD DISABLE IT.

Big ass mountain (Biggest one in the game) is North The coast/water is South. Sun rises in the East, and sets in the West There, is that enough of a compass for you? Man, new players these days tsk tsk. Your suggestion wouldn't make the game more enjoyable for all as for tons of players have already mentioned it would dumpster/destroy one of the hardcore aspects of the game, it would just make the game easier for you lol.

Compass should be craftable for sure. A few wood, stone, and metal fragments. Map should also be craftable with paper and charcoal, and it should actively 'fill out' as you explore specific areas, so long as you have the map and charcoal in your inventory as you're exploring/traveling. Additionally, you should be able to mark custom waypoints/points of interest on your own map. But if you die, your map can be looted, and whoever loots your map will be able to see where you've put waypoints.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mayhem;43284298]Compass should be craftable for sure. A few wood, stone, and metal fragments. Map should also be craftable with paper and charcoal, and it should actively 'fill out' as you explore specific areas, so long as you have the map and charcoal in your inventory as you're exploring/traveling. Additionally, you should be able to mark custom waypoints/points of interest on your own map. But if you die, your map can be looted, and whoever loots your map will be able to see where you've put waypoints.[/QUOTE] That would be hella cool, would also add a raiding aspect. [editline]23rd December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Zeroun;43284134]Big ass mountain (Biggest one in the game) is North The coast/water is South. Sun rises in the East, and sets in the West There, is that enough of a compass for you? Man, new players these days tsk tsk. Your suggestion wouldn't make the game more enjoyable for all as for tons of players have already mentioned it would dumpster/destroy one of the hardcore aspects of the game, it would just make the game easier for you lol.[/QUOTE] Are you daft I said you could disable the map feature if you want to. That way the hardcore players could enjoy the simplicity of the game. Read all posts before replying. Smh.

No, that gives those who use the hand-holding feature an unfair advantage.

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[QUOTE=Glargenflarge;43284049]If they added a map, I would stop playing. That's the whole beauty of this game. Some of the best moments I've had is when I've finally made it back to that spot, after dying or being chased and then getting lost. You have to live off your wit and there is no maps to hold your hand and lead you wherever you want to go. A compass? You know the sun sets in the west and rises in the east right? I am always baffled at this request for this game. It's like test driving a convertible and then saying "Yeah, it's nice, but I really think they should add a roof to it".[/QUOTE] Very much this. I would quit if other players could turn on easy mode, whether or not I could disable it. It would absolutely be disabled for everyone on my server. No pussies allowed. That's part of the difficulty and the immersion.

What you're suggesting is an addition to the game that takes away a key part of the game. There are plenty of maps available for you to use as references as you play. If you feel like it's too hard for you to find your friends just face it, you may want to try another game. I think Call of Duty has this very convenient circle that shows you were you and everyone else is, try that game.

There are maps available online that will help you out. A minimap would ruin everything, whether you can disable it or not. When a new player spawns, they don't even have fricken underwear, wouldn't it be strange if they had a map and GPS? Learning the map isn't that bad, but you have to take the time to do it. Reference Kronix's map on the wiki (my personal favorite map) and try to find landmarks. Like Zeroun said: Huge mountain to the north, coast to south, sun rises east and sets west. If I were in an extreme survival situation, I would be concerned about my own well-being first, rather than aimlessly wandering looking for a friend who is probably also randomly wandering... never gunna find eachother that way anyways.

Apparently compasses and cartography, things that have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years, would make things 'too easy mode'. Yet, I'm sure these folks don't mind their automatic weapons with holosights, and their C4 explosives. Derp.