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Sadly, the poll option is disabled, but this is the core question with Rust.
What percentage of the Rust userbase is cheating?
A: Less than 1%, its basically a myth git gud.
B: Between 1 and 3%
C: Between 3 and 8%
D: Between 8 and 15%
E: More than 15%
I personally play in such a way as to minimize the impact on my team of twitch based shooting, because I don't believe the game has anything like a level playing field. I avoid monuments, because that's where the cheaters are. I don't raid without turret protection, because I expect to be countered by cheaters.
I think the answer is D, with a caveat. I think between 8 and 15% of players are cheaters, but I think the cheats give those players the ability to win most fights, and so about 30-50% of the people you actually run into at monuments, roaming, or counter raiding are cheaters. Almost every 4 hour play session, I wind up with strong evidence that someone is cheating. I report those players, and very rarely, I find that the person in question gets kicked by an admin.
I literally see cheaters cheating. Some things are cheating but don't generally get policed by admins - like autoclickers for people selling fertilizer at bandit. Getting 800-1000 HQM a day while AFK is less flashy than an aimbot or ESP enhanced game senses, but no less impactful.
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