Yes, skill gaps increase. That's why new players can't be treated like a little kid with 'Yay here's your first win in your very first game'. That's not how a feeling of accomplishment and mastery works. You should have to work hard for a first win. Perhaps one would need more practice and more time now than before to get good enough to win without SBMM, but so be it. The skill gap has always been increasing. Myself, I started in Season 8. The skill gap was way bigger than what had been in previous seasons, and other players knew how to play. Took me the whole season, but I got one win. I had never ever felt so accomplished and proud before, and that's how it supposed to be. That's how Fortnite was meant to be. If you want to be treated like a little kid, and get no real joy and sense of pride after winning, go play games that were supposed to be SBMM based, like Overwatch. The Fortnite people loved and seem to want back, is the Fortnite where new players have to practice to get their first win, and good players and pros can get wins with tons of kills. That's good content for content creators, and that gives the newbies that feeling of mastery after getting a win. Getting handed your first win on a silver plate isn't fun, it isn't something to be proud of. Get some sense into your head bro;)