Roleplay Meta!

[u/Saki-Koda]

As a long time solo player, I've realized that my odds of getting raided drop dramatically when I build a roleplay base vs a meta bunker base that costs 3x as much to raid.

Ive been building my "safezone" base for 12 wipes now. Been raided once by Russians and once because I angered the zerg. The rest of the wipes I end up being pretty much the only base left standing in the area aside from whatever zerg comes on top. They leave me be.

My base has a protected peacekeeping turret with public utilities available for people. Its roleplayed to the max with skins and things to do. You can walk in and be protected fully. You can buy, repair, research, cook food and materials. Theres farm plots you can harvest from (if nobody comes i harvest it myself on the roof). Theres an accessible bee and chicken coup.

The hardest part of every wipe is finding a spot that I can place the above ground pool. As soon as it is built, I end up making friends with every group aside from Russians.

I used to get raided every wipe pretty much with my base taking 30 to 40 rockets to raid.

This fella costs 14 rockets to raid and I get raided far less. Rust can be toxic but if you lean into the roleplay it might just boost your odds and make life easier.

Pics added for reference.

This only works if you are nice, dont shoot people from your base or door camp without changing name.

Also, I added a gift box where I leave unwanted loot, and a drop box for people to leave tips. Ive gotten some insane gifts from the rich folks who like the base. Drop box full of metal frags / guns / stuff sometimes later in wipe. Very rare for someone to grief my stuff and kill my pets. Can't wait for cow and sheep update. Theres a fridge in the safezone where I leave ingredients for folks to make pies at the cooking station.

Theres no need for my workbench, cooking station, repair, research table, etc to have to be protected. Anyone can come use them