I am hosting vanilla server from 1 year, tried light modded, hard modded, again vanilla and still dead.
1st got 6k hours and admin abuse is not problem, i am not hosting to troll players, i am hosting to make bulgarian community more dead UwU. Never spawned shit, only x1 2018 halloween cauldron campfire for everyone and informed them for this event first.
No admins because its stupid too many admins for empty server and also no need for admins at all. I am working as owner, and everything. Server updated instantly after server update hits. Active in game - if do not play in 150+ populated server just joins in my server and ask if there are problem or if someone needs help. Look if server still running every day hour and etc, keep track on players and chat via RCON and respond if there is problem. When i have time to stay inside and help and respond to peoples in chat or steam, creating giveaways for steam games or just have luck there is population of 15 people... then still 0 average or 4 idiots max, joined in the wrong server where is empty and they do not have reason to play. New noob players without game knowledge which i help with info about game but they got killed form others when there are 5 ppl in 2.500 x 2.500 map and their wood base got raided decayed and they left. I know all people because they are only small group of players and after they learn game switch to full server. Now new players just now i have 3 active max 4 and they are friends. 28 sleepers at all for 1 wipe and around 1k players from Bulgaria connected over one year.
Also started this not serious and named server something not very good but people remember the name and i cant just change it now. Also 2nd bulgarian server came and used the name 1st like official steam group and facebook group and now if i use it will looks like stole it. never spammed to anyone, JOIN NOW or YOU MUST JOIN and advertised... just typed in the steam group in the info page but still nothing. Just pay for host and cant pay for 30 rust copies, 30 pc`s in order to fill 1/3 from the server. LuL
If you have idea please help with tips how to populate rust server. Also sorry for my bad english and thanks in advance.
Players each have there own favorites, personally x1 is shit,if i wanted to play vanilla I'd play on an official server. I am an older guy, i work 14 hour days I have fri-sun off, so my playtime is usually on the weekends.
I don't have time for clans, and raid times, and rules.... I like Solo servers where I can farm, build, raid, defend, ,screw around doing what i enjoy. These cancerous servers with 100-400 players ganking each other and seeing 100 1x1 huts is just aids. They always exploit, they always team its just awful.
I like a 2x-3x solo server lightly modded deathnotes, trimfuel, trade, magic loot, and tp as long as its limited to a couple a day. That allows me to have fun, and play the game. Usually these type servers are a weekly wipe bi weekly BP wipe.
Many people hate this kind of server but for me any its perfect. I also enjoy Zombie servers with pvp though, the pve zombie server is just dumb whats the point!
Thanks for advices. I were light modded like level system and magic loot x2 but uhm was same. I just keep recipes, last bp wipe deleted em for mfacepunch but unlocked them via blueprint manager and was ok, monthly wipe but i think country specialization is bad...
Yea, I don't play on any specific server, Country base means nothing to me. As long as I ping no higher than 150 ill try that server
The question is never how to get players, it's how to get players to stay.
If a players feels welcome and are not getting a bunch of bulls**t from admins they will stay. Ping of course is more based on the player and where they come from.
Keep it real!
/J
Bullshit Yea? Today joined 7 people, and they were noobs in rust. Spent 1 hour to teach them how to make tools and farm ores and stuff in chat and how to start at all... Then the fight was epic. One scarecrow chased them, one threw spear another with wooden armor coffee can and bow 3rd with spear and good hatchet, but punched the npc with the torch, and after they all 3 died, 2 of em left. 3rd one tried one more time and he left too. Nice. How to teach someone and help him if he just left.
Also country based means a lot for me and there is example. If you open clothes store in you town and someone opens bakery -> ok but if he decides to open again clothes store and then customers checks your shop but purchase from other one. if you have like 20 customers daily you will not care how many others shop have, but if you have 2 and the other shop is full with 15... i hope it was good example.
Nothing like fast server updates after devblog, giveaways and events helps. Active and friendly owner (becasue there is no need of admins in-game) and still fail.
And because wanted to test this theory joined in the other country server where they play if fail in my server and raided 4-5 people via killing them and deep inside, twig houses raid because they are noobs as i said and they o not had tc`s or upgraded foundations they started to cry in chat and i just said LEFT IF YOU WANT fuc*king left, like you leave from other server when you die one time and just troll the server, if you tink you will have better friendly experience in other servers.
Also i will not buy starter pack of 15rust copies and pc`s cuz they cry that there are low pops and they will not play inside low pop...
Sorry for my bad english and thats all.
As a server owner for quite a period of time I have found all the above stated to be true.
The difference maker is getting your name out there. Not trolling, Not overly done. Marketing is everything if done right.
There are a number of sites that will allow you to advertise and I would highly suggest using them. However, no matter what you do,you need to give a person a reason to visit your server or to the other person...it's jibberish.
Be as descriptive in your adverts as possible. Give the details that a person needs in order for them to decipher whether or not they want to join before they join and decide to leave because it wasn't
what they wanted. As it was mentioned above, it is equally as difficult to retain those that join. This will help you in that area as well. But you have to be descriptive.
Give people ALL the tools they need to want to join and stay.
Server Name - Location - Hot Link to your Server (don't assume the other person just knows how to get there) - Modded/Vanilla - Rules - Solo/Trio/Clan - Age Limit - Experienced vs Noob - Bio - What is
YOUR presence going to be in the game - Dedicated Server? - Wipe Schedule - Map Size - Build -
This game is so radically diverse and people are finicky. So you are going to have to decide whether you want to create a server that people like because it is built around YOUR style of play OR
you will have to create a server that is built around the popular meta that everyone likes.
Understand this as well, it is NOT uncommon for servers to be heavily populated on wipe days,then....poof, they disperse after 3-4 days.This, more or less is due to the mechanics of the game and for the most part always been an issue.
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