After playing it for a little bit, I have found that Fortnite has a large skill gap. I suppose that's generally the point of a battle royale style of game, but it makes learning how to play the game pretty difficult when a new person (such as myself) dies mere minutes into a round. Epic is going to have to do something to help address this in order to continue having new players join the game. One solution is skill-based matchmaking... However, that runs into a sticky situation. Every game I've ever heard of that utilized skill-based matchmaking either dwindled in userbase or died altogether. It punishes those who rank at the top. I wonder how Epic plans on addressing this.
If I'm online, I'll probably be playing in either Playground or Creative modes because Solo is too difficult for me to get into.