Repair lobby building

I just started playing this in April.  You honestly can't last more than 30 seconds? I thought I was a horrible shot. Well here is my newbie advice for you;

1. Drop when there is less than 20 people in the ship. Early drop is quick death.
2. Land on the edges of the map not the center. 
3. Take your sweet time to loot even after ring closing is announced.
4. Last minute grab a car, balloon, or just run to the next ring.
5. Play to the character's skill set.
6. Play with people you know personally.

Practice in the firing range.  Have fun with it.

30 seconds was an exaggeration. I appreciate the arrogance in your response it’s a good touch for the exact point I’m trying to make. I’ve been playing since the release of the game and I’ve hit a clear plateau to my abilities. But the game continues to rank me up into lobbies well above my ability. I have no one know personally playing the game. The point I’m trying to make is lobbies have a clearly unrealistic basis on their skill based matchmaking for public matches 

Thanks, I am still working on my arrogance, it is getting much better with age. 

I am of the opinion, long waits in lobbies is the software not pulling from a large resource pool.  I expressed it in a feedback thread "Crossplay is not crossplay".  I also noticed picking a non-default server has reduced my wait.  As for lasting in matches,  I am still learning, but when I started in the last month of season 12, there wasn't much resistance.  When season 13 dropped barely 2 weeks ago, my survival rate dropped with it.  I chalk this up to veteran players returning to the game.  These people ( I am told ) will smoke us on the first month and then disappear back into the void until season 14.

I really don't see any viable software solution for other players being better than I am.  You can try to sort them, but to my understanding there are people who will "smurf" the Hogwarts Sorting Hat.  About the only thing you can do is toss everyone into the meat grinder and hope they figure it out.  Rookie or veteran, there is no advantage given by the software based on your body count.  It is a choice of fight or flee...  I hit the ground running for the nearest supplies and once I am armed, I cover my team.