5 PvP Tips for Rust & Survival Games

A bunch of very general PvP tips for Rust and pretty much any survival game :D

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1. Mentality
Stay positive, if you are getting negative or salty - stop playing or take a break, you'll just make bad decisions and lose more gear than you need to
Not being afraid
Stay confident
Staying calm
Not caring about dying or losing gear
No distractions
No other people being negative or talking too much, affecting your mentality
Let nothing affect your mentality
Block or mute people that are distracting you

2. Get friends, join a clan, get more people on your side, the more allies you have the higher chance you have of winning the fight.
A lot of survival games make surviving on your own much tougher
Talking to people in game is an easy way to get friends, yes you will probably just get killed most of the time but every so often you run into someone who is actually friendly - make sure to add anyone on Steam that is nice to you or seems to be a nice person
Join anyone that wants you on there team, connections are always good to have, even if you don't like them they can come in handy or can lead to meeting players that you actually do like

3. Player movement
Try to use environment for each encounter, when in gun fights, taking quick shots and then going back to cover gives you a big advantage
Always be on the move and attack from other angles, you want to be somewhere the opponent is not expecting if possible
Using stealth can often give you the upper hand, crouching is silent in Rust and can also let you hear the other people moving
Most of these games in 1v1 combat where people are shooting at the same time is 80% luck so you have to be somewhere where the other person is not expecting - element of surprise

4. Be smart/Know your game/
Figure out if you will lose or have a chance
Learn the recoil of your guns and how to control them
Make sure you have all the medical options you need, know when you should prioritize healing up or killing
Have enough armor, ammo, meds etc. if you know your game you will know what supplies you need

5. Make sure you are running the game at a constant framerate at about ~45 FPS at all times, ideally 60 FPS at all times. If not, buy a better PC or configure your in game settings/adjust windows settings as sometimes there are external conflicts on your system

[alecnash]

Some guy killed me with a rock. I had a bolty. I promise it was lag

[brodes]

Finally! Mike dont forget staying alive. The longer your alive, the more oppertunitites you can capitalise on.

[MikeTheVike]

This commentary has been sitting on my desktop for a month or two.. it was time to upload it finally :D

As said in the video, these are VERY general suggestions, I didn't feel like going super specific but if you want a video more like that (tailored to Rust), let me know!

[joshhansen]

Just last night, I got on at 4pm and farmed till 9pm and ended up with nothing but Levels, kept getting killed, rip

[themortgagegirlz]

I've been playing rust for a long time. This video was a eye opener. I have had a really bad personality mostly towards others in high stress situations.

[introverseofficial]

Awesome tips for those who want to make that "extra" step and improve their experience. Super accurate but at the same time open for almost every PvP game possible.
Granpa Mike spreads his knowledge. Thank you papa, we love you.
<3

[Cevans]

these were just general tips for rust not really much about PvP specifically but I understand why adding PvP in the title would lure more viewers

[rcbocs]

Nice tips Mike, I will be getting a gaming computer for the first time and this video really helps me as a noob, so thanks for that!

[sasha-]

Shout out from your buddy Disko. Nice video!!

[roguebiscuitmusic]

the mentality bit made me mad at meself for not
trusting my aim and reflexes. ty mike you helped more then I csn relay in a msg.

[mcbaynerust]

For Rist, I turn down most settings but I believe the shader setting should be in the 360+ range.
For an old school tweak I set up a fixed page file under my windows virtual memory settings, I still believe that to be a easy free advantage.
I dont care what anyone says I think this still works great, small scotch tape square on the monitor and mark it with color of choice in the aim point center. Never shoot and stay in a fixed point always shoot and move.
For arrow play, use cross bow for opening shot then switch to bow for the finish.
Mix weapons, shotgun or tommy for close with bolt for long.
Aim a little bit high for longer shots.

just some suggestions :)

[lexcoupe]

great vid mike. good to here what your thoughts on ways to improve survival in survival games.

[ericmaher]

I have a 6 year old computer and struggled playing Rust until I reinstalled my OS and games on a SSD. Easy, if you make sure you plug it through a SSD adapter card, because old computers don't run on Sata 3 buses. Keep in mind you still need an actual video card (no integrated crap) and decent RAM.

[xcnq]

How can we use med kit with out going in the inventory and use ? Does it have a key or smth ?

[elev]

Hey man, old time sub, unsubbed a while back but i found this a few mins ago and i love to see that your uploading daily :) keep the great work up, cant wait for more :)

[lexcoupe]

hey mike wish you would bring your logo back on the thumbnail. dont hide who you are and stand out. side note still love your intros, always makes me smile

[minecraftedvids.]

you don't need a good PC to be a good pvper

[quinnknott]

What server are you playing on in the video?

[markgarcia]

they are for the most part common sense tips but speaking for myself every single tip you gave was something that only a spectator would think of off the bat like that.  I really liked the changing positions after every shot tip.  The only tip that I kind of all ready knew was my computer is shit.  Thanks for the tips man.

[reganasquith]

the motivated mentality is so true i buaght a new mouse an then anwards ive never missed an arrow since but im still not confident with guns