No, I am showing you how damaging a comparison like that can be. If you want to compare Rust to Fallout 76 without mentioning what makes the gameplay so compareable then you might as well be talking about Minecraft.

You wanted to remove the core components of Fallout 76 so they fit your Rust comparison. Rust isn't a story driven roleplaying game where you play a story complete missions and create different characters through a diverse leveling system while surviving an apocalyptic wasteland. It's a hunting game where you collect wood by chopping down trees to build a base, and collect weapons to be well equipped when dealing with other players. Rust has no story, no skill trees as far I know. Rust is simply a Minecraft clone with better graphics.

By saying it's a multiplayer survival game and providing no other information about the gameplay your comparison is ultimately empty. If you want to compare something to Fallout 76 start with Bethesda Studios Elder Scrolls Online and branch off from there. Oh ESO is comparable to WoW or Games in that sense where Rust is more like ARMA or Day Z. But to take Fallout 76 and the universe and lore that comes with it and compare it to the one dimensional Game like Rust is unfair.