I’ve battled cheaters for years and stopped playing altogether a year or so ago. I came back recently. Day 2 or 3 the usual cheaters emerged. Killing you from miles away, looting chests and vaults in base etc etc. So I guess nothing has changed.
The sad truth for anyone not cheating on conan pvp is that you may last a while and even outsmart the cheaters to some extent with your loot but you will be fighting a seemingly endless battle until the cheaters finally get fed up and mass report you for some building infringements or something ridiculous to get you banned (I have 2 accounts banned in this fashion).
I hope one day they finally fix it but since it been going on for years now and they have new games to think about I doubt it ever will.
Maybe I’ll try again next year…