Always the same problem: you are not a pro!

There's not TOO much difference between hot dropping and dying in the first fight, compared to dropping somewhere quiet, looting up, then dying in the first fight. Except saving yourself 10-15 minutes of running around.

Ultimately, it comes down to fighting as a team -- hot dropping is a great way to learn how to do that.

Couple of tips - make sure you split off from the drop, so you don't land in the same building. Ideally you want to be close to your team, but with a different path to grab loot (to maximise the loot your team gets). But close enough you can cover each other if someone comes under attack.

Best is to drop on the edge of the area and work your way inwards, or drop closer in but work your way outwards (but going in same direction as a squad). Most problems come when people are split up -- when there are lots of teams that is gg. That means, you have to keep up with the first guy who pushes.

If you communicate on the mic, that you don't have any weapon, then he shouldn't push. But if you don't say anything, he might assume that you are coming. Momentum is important, and getting ahead of the other teams to loot / better position. You can't camp a building as a team with RE45s and p2020 and expect to do well.

Even though something like Skull town is very intense -- it's the same principles of team fighting that you can apply everywhere else on the map in team fights, even larger open spaces. Try to embrace it 🙂 

And then you can always land somewhere else next game!