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Brigand Raid Bases 🏴‍☠️

While you cannot raid other player bases on Lazy Rusters (unless it has been abandoned), you can raid the Brigand (NPC) bases. You will know them, as they are marked on the map, and will have a huge dome around them in the world.

Difficulties

There are 3 difficulties for these bases: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Easy raids are green on the map, Medium raids are yellow, and Hard raids are red. When you approach a raid base, there will be a color-coded ring at the base of the dome. If it is green, you are free to enter and raid away. If it is red, there is another player (with whom you are not teamed) already raiding the base. You will be unable to enter, and probably ejected back a few feet. You must either wait for the current raider to leave, or go find another raid.

Loot

Raid bases are full of loot crates. The harder the raid, the more and higher-tier loot crates you will find within.

Completing Raids

In order for a raid to be considered “complete” you must find and destroy the TC (Tool Cupboard). On many raids, the TC is hidden within the walls. Every base has a TC. There is no raid base that does not.

Private Raids

You can use your RP (Reward Points) to purchase a private raid that only you and your team are able to raid. Use the /buyraid command to purchase one.

Purchasing Notes

  • The base will spawn near you, not across the map.
  • If you receive a message that it can’t spawn, try moving somewhere else. It needs to find sufficient flat land to spawn a base.
  • You can refund a purchased raid as long as you have not damaged it, and have not opened any loot containers. Use the /rbe despawn command for a refund.

Why No "Nightmare" Bases? 💀

Regularly, the topic comes up as to why there isn't "Expert" or "Nightmare" raid bases on the server. Regularly I address it. Until someone can convince me otherwise, here is my official answer...

The Cost-Benefit Analysis

Here are some made-up numbers to illustrate the points:

  • Easy raid bases cost you 10 C4 to raid, take 10 minutes, and net you 20 C4 and 5 guns and 200 Ammo.
  • Medium Raid Bases cost you 20 C4 to raid, take 15 minutes, and net you 50 C4 and 15 guns and 400 Ammo.
  • Hard raid bases cost you 40 C4 to raid, take 20 minutes, and net you 100 C4 and 30 guns and 1000 Ammo. These numbers are obviously made up, and you get more than just C4, guns, and ammo from raids. You can get Quarries, pumpjacks, test gens, etc...

So... Why No Nightmare Bases?

What is it you expect from a nightmare base? A raid that might actually beat you? You spend 200 C4 and can't complete it because it's too hard? Or just a raid that takes 30 minutes, costs 200 C4, and nets you 400 C4, 300 guns, and 1000 Ammo?

The Two Scenarios

  • Scenario 1... a raid you possibly might not be able to finish.

    • Convoy used to be hard as shit, and give crap loot. Everyone would try it once. Once. Then never again. And blow me up that convoy sucks...
    • Nightmare bases that are hard to complete will get tried once... maybe twice... then people will blow me up that nightmare bases suck...
    • So I spent a day or two making 10 nightmare bases, that no one will ever want to do.

  • Scenario 2... people can complete it... and the loot is good...

    • Then people will start asking "Why isn't there GOD TIER raid bases??"... that take 3 hours, cost 1000 C4, net you 3000 C4

Let's Sum it Up

  • Artificially increasing the toughness of the bases, and the loot of the bases isn't really doing much of anything.... It's still: spend X BOOM 💣 to gain Y Loot 💰..... that's all anyone really cares about... is it worth my time to raid this base? Sure getting 500 C4 from a raid would be awesome, but if it takes you an hour and a half to do it, was it really time well spent?
  • Artificially increasing the time it takes to do a raid vs the loot gained from the raid isn't really adding value in my opinion. Folks want to log on, spend an hour or so, and walk away with max loot. No one wants to logon for 3 hours to do one raid. You can say you think it'd be fun, and it probably would be.... once...

People will figure out that it isn't and will stop doing them...