When I was first deciding whether to give a PvE server a try and transition from PvP servers, I was looking for one that didn't make many alterations to the base Rust experience, other than getting rid of PvP. Pure seemed to be the closest I could find to that, but I admit that seeing the No Decay feature gave me quite a bit of pause. I very nearly decided to pass because of that, but at the last minute late on wipe day I decided to give US Pure a try anyway. I ended up not minding the no decay as much as I thought I would, until it got later into the month and the lag made the server really difficult to play. So even though I very much found the server that was right for me and have kept coming back ever since, and I'm so glad I did, it was really in spite of the No Decay feature, not because of it.
I have no idea if I'm just an outlier and there are way more players drawn to Pure specifically because of the No Decay feature, but I figured I'd provide the perspective of someone who almost didn't give this wonderful server a chance specifically because of that feature.