State of Ruthless in last league?

Hi! Only tried ruthless for a bit during one year Boat-League and really liked the feeling of it, go to level 87.

I would love to league start ruthless this time here but I'd love to have some feedbacks. I heard ruthless was a bit TOO scarce before boat league, and during Boat league well the boat helped a lot and it was a bit better.

What about Keepers League? How do you guys feel about the state of Ruthless right now?
Also, is async trade changing everything in this mode, trade-wise?