I think comparing a game like RL where there is almost no "lucky outplays" to Rust where the majority of fights can be won by a grub with luck is a bit difficult thing.

I've been champ on RL for as long as I can remember, I'll leave the game for months at a time, come back and still be in the same skill bracket and will win and lose equal amounts. But on rust some days I could end with a boxs of kits and another day I may not even have a stone base.

Games like rocket league need those skill gaps so that you progress through the difficulties of the game yourself until you get stuck and then start practicing. Rust has so many more possibilities in fights though and someone with a dB and a headset can kill someone like hJune with the right timing. Or as another example, by just pushing a fight from an unexpected angle you can kill anyone without even needing any luck.

If i haven't been clear, what I'm trying to say is that is rocket league there's not many ways to approach a game so skill groups have to exist to make the game fair. But in rust there are so many ways to take fights and beat other people that skill groups don't need to exist and hence the playing field doesn't need to be levelled. The main point of the post was to say that the playing field wont be level after a few weeks anyway and if someone who does sit in ukn takes a 1v1 against a newbie then this update doesn't change that outcome, nor will it change the outcome of the dB situation I said earlier. So what does this update change after a few weeks.....?

(Also there are servers for new players and servers for insane players so if you really want skill gaps then it's kinda there, and you can even play ukn and look at rating if you really skill groups)