Facepunch continue to add things that are fun to the game including many pve content, we have so many fun and uniqe pve objectives now rust is almost playable on pve servers. Pvp is hard but if you have friends you'll have a better chance at coming out on top even if you are new. I recommend learning the ropes on less populated servers first, and learning base building on creative servers cause on the offical servers you'll get eaten alive.
Regarding cheaters, I've encountered 1 or 2 in my +100 hours, so it's not bad, I've also seen the anti cheat at work banning cheaters before i even encounter them (good riddance). All in all Rust is a fairly polished game despite it's engine (bleugh Unity). And it get's content updates, and aldough it's hard you can play it chill if you pick the right servers.

Facepunch continue to add things that are fun to the game including many pve content, we have so many fun and uniqe pve objectives now rust is almost playable on pve servers. Pvp is hard but if you have friends you'll have a better chance at coming out on top even if you are new. I recommend learning the ropes on less populated servers first, and learning base building on creative servers cause on the offical servers you'll get eaten alive. Regarding cheaters, I've encountered 1 or 2 in my +100 hours, so it's not bad, I've also seen the anti cheat at work banning cheaters before i even encounter them (good riddance). All in all Rust is a fairly polished game despite it's engine (bleugh Unity). And it get's content updates, and aldough it's hard you can play it chill if you pick the right servers.