Experiences vary and cheaters don't really spread out evenly across all regions. Some people may genuinely experience a much higher concentration of cheaters than others. In my personal experience, I never encounter noticeable cheaters, yet I understand that my experiences aren't necessarily representative of the entire player base.
I can't really comment on what you claim that you've researched, because you're only sharing conclusions rather than also showing how you reached those conclusions.
Is there some merit to what you're saying? I'd say that's likely, but at the same time we don't exactly know the exact process EA used to come to their conclusions. You said as much yourself. As long as EA doesn't clarify these matters we won't be able to verify the arguments on both sides.
Your points are completely valid. Cheater density absolutely varies by region, and of course none of us know EA’s full internal methodology.
The reason I raised the question is exactly because of that:
without knowing how MIR is defined, it’s hard to understand how a global number like 2% is meant to reflect reality.
And regarding methodology — the reasoning is pretty straightforward:
even under generous assumptions, a 2% infection rate would make it statistically unlikely for players to encounter cheating as frequently as many report.
That doesn’t prove EA is wrong — it just shows that the metric might describe detected cheating rather than actual cheating.
Which is why clarification would help everyone.
