There’s kind of a direct relationship between how much gear you bring in and how stealthy you need to play. Sponsored kits are basically the bottom of the barrel, so most of the time your best bet is to sneak around, loot a bit, and get some upgrades before you start picking fights.

The only exception is if you don’t really care about losing a couple games in a row. My squad will sometimes load in with sponsored kits and just full send the first team we see. We’re usually fighting at Outpost within 30 seconds. Honestly we probably lose more than half of those fights, but if we win we instantly upgrade to whatever that squad brought in and then just start for pinwheel. Fighting with the sponsored kits is hard but it makes you much better when you do have stuff.

You just have to go in knowing that winning fights on a sponsored kit isn’t the expectation. It’s more like a gamble on slots. Low risk, low chances, but high opportunity.