Re: drop idea
This only makes it fair for the lower skilled players and this coming from a mediocre player. The higher skilled players are now at a massive disadvantage and likely to die to the lower skilled just because they have been 3rd, 4th, 5th etc teamed.
All you are doing is segregating the players into groups and this is where ranked come in. You will settle at you're skill level and play with similarly skilled players.
As this is a battle royale game choosing where to land is part and parcel and you will find all the higher skilled players will tend to bunch up anyway as they are after the good loot as quick as possible to go on a rampage. If you took away the ability to decide I am not sure what you are left with TBH A match between the best of the worst and the best of the best. If evenly geared and not third partied the best of the worst are still massively outmatched.