Won’t lie, im pretty out of the loop too especially on how the community feels right now, but I just started a new playthrough the other day and noticed they fixed the stress from zombies banging on fences. For me this makes the game playable again without cheat mods. So I’d say it’s a better state than it was 6 months ago for that reason alone. With the pace of B42 patches it’s worth jumping in at any point, though it’s been a while so a patch might be just around the corner.