A closer look
Without strict regulatory bodies, digital survival games inevitably decay into hyper-aggressive post-apocalyptic monopolies. In Rust, the player-driven economy operates purely on violence and theft. A large group will quickly hoard all the sulfur and high-tier weaponry, systematically raiding smaller bases until they effectively own the map. To combat this unstoppable march toward medieval feudalism, developers enforce regular server 'wipes', acting as an angry digital god hitting the universal reset button on capitalism.
