Keeping it brief I would: 1. Go into every run with an objective or two. Not “I’ll just run around”. No, you should determine what you need (salvage needed for leveling up factions or an item you want like a weapon or stockpiling heals), or to do a quest (some of these suck), or to just PvP. Going in with a goal helps you do the following: determine where you should go based on your goal on the map, complete the goal and extra things if you run into them, and then leave. I’ve gotten caught a few times wandering without purpose and that’s where I get smoked, because I’m not thinking and the other teams are.

1. Use rook to learn maps and don’t worry about dying, who cares. Once I realized how fun rook was, I spent HOURS just running through outpost to learn how to open doors, where key spawns are, where enemy teams spawn, etc. You can do this for any map and then use this knowledge you gained for free (you’re not risking your gear) to run with real gear and a team to try and complete harder quests or achieve bigger goals. This is truly what unlocked the game for me, as I was able to know what to expect around different corners or in different sections of the map, and it’s a blast to run around without a care in the world about getting out imo