>>31235384because the game's normally played on servers with populations of like 500 players at once, even with the usual weekly server cycle that'd result in a LOT of dead bases nobody's living in. it's not very expensive to upkeep bases that aren't fuckhuge and it's mostly meant as a way to keep the sweats in check so their giant unraidable 12-man zergcastles have at least some downsides
not to say you should actually play rust though, it's fucking awful if you're trying to play it like normal and don't have a group of friends who're just as into it.