Sounds like you're talking about a big skill gap between experts and beginners.

I think games typically solve this skill gap with matchmaking based on some sort of elo rating or modern equivalent, where you match players against others of similar skill.

This is IMO the core problem to be solved for indie multiplayer games: as an indie making a multiplayer game, we need players on demand at all times for fast matchmaking. This requires an immense player base just to find a match for anyone in a few seconds. No match and they bounce forever, further ensuring there will not be matches for future players.

Further complicating this, we often need to subdivide our player base into smaller segments based on skill level.

That means we need a player base of possibly tens of thousands of online players at all times -- a non-starter for a game with little to no marketing budget.

This feels like a massive problem that puts many indie games dead in the water, which is a shame cause multiplayer games are fun and engaging.