Bah, I have learned quickly because I have played against Wasteland's Star like Hellrider, Breli, Stuffstohl, Monster, Roch, Manchot, and others... they have kicked my ass so many time when I was still a noob... But having such player as a goal make skills growing up faster...
To adapt or to die
Well, that's true, many person don't have this kind of mental, and will be discouraged. But it's a fact : playing with good player improve your skills faster.
If noobs played against each others, they would never realize that it is sometime very useful to walk instead of run, to pay attention of every noise, to draw your knife when you are out of ammo (instead of reloading and praying that all bullet will miss you), never think that knives, molos and dyno can reach target that other weapon can't, never realize that bullet can pass through wood...
Or simple things like the fact it is not a good idea to camp, because many good player are revenge-killer (I'm a furious revenge-killer too, I don't hesitate spending lot of money - like getting a sharp rifle - just for a revenge-kill), so if you wanna camp, it's good to move to another camp point every time you kill 2 or 3 players...
Well, that's true, all player are not thinking the same way than mine, and maybe it's a good idea to have a server for newcomers.