I'm not sure that's entirely true from what I've read (at-least I really hope it's not), see https://asset.party/ https://asset.party/ looks like you can downlo

I'm not sure that's entirely true from what I've read (at-least I really hope it's not), see https://asset.party/ https://asset.party/ looks like you can download individual parts and create mods / run on your server as you see fit. I also don't think matchmaking will be a thing, it will be dedicated servers just like gmod & rust. I will be extremely disappointment if not, was hoping we would begin to see 1000+ player modded servers on a game more built for modding from the ground up, as rust has began to experience. The monetization is an issue, especially since they have no doubt had a taste of it in rust (through cosmetics), so I'm wondering how they can bring this in whilst still allowing full creative freedom, which would in affect make cosmetics useless outside of official servers (which you would assume would be the majority).