I haven’t played in months, mostly due to the cheating issue and the toxic community, but afaik it’s still a big issue.

Several youtubers were saying at one point they were thinking of taking a break or something because it’s so out of hand. This guy is the latest I found that talks about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wsCU0NR38

According to him people in the top ranks of the leaderboard are blatantly cheating out in the open :)

When I was playing at first I’d get annoyed by how paranoid my teammates often were, accusing everyone of cheating, getting all riled up with little evidence. But after having a few in my team, having them tell us from the spawn where everyone’s going, guiding us through encounters… I found out how easy and frequent it is.

I was with another friend, and we both reported them, and guess what, they’re still playing. I bookmarked one’s steam account to see if he ever gets a VAC ban. It’s been more than 6 months I think, nothing…

2,487 hrs on record
last played on 1 Apr

Maybe he even stopped cheating in the meantime 😀