I used EC for 4 or 5 months in late 2025 and early 2026. Only didn't re-sub cuz I needed a break from Rust. I really don't understand the hate. I will go straight back to them when I want to play again (probably soon). So, I can't answer how it is right now but I can comment on those months I was active (till Jan 2026)
It was as stable as stable can be which is what I wanted, after returning from DMA. Zero game bans, a few server bans but I assume it was my fault or trigger happy admins.
Had some of the most fun I've ever had in rust with EC. Some downtime here and there, always compensated. Community was mostly cool people and tight knit compared to others. Some toxicity from some users, but what can you expect. Honestly, I enjoyed it so much that I played the shit out of rust for an unhealthy amount of hours (story of my life) and that's why I took a break.
They make it extremely clear what you are paying for, they provide that, and I was more than satisfied with it. So this next point is only subjective opinion, but with that said:
My only feedback is that I felt like there wasn't too much motivation to change/improve user-facing things, even when seemingly small changes could've made it even better. It felt like changes/improvement suggestions were largely not considered for implementation on any meaningful timeline, but I also understand that there are more important things to handle, and what one person prefers, another may not. They did fix multiple small feature-related things at my request within hours, not days, which was impressive and appreciated.
Would have loved to see some kind of system for actually getting highly upvoted feature/change requests from solid contributors implemented, to look forward to like a monthly update for example where things feel fresh and improved.
Some of the criticisms I've read don't align with my EC experience in the slightest. Best cheat I've ever used. Take it as you will.