@Bean2kay9 I think the rings are okay for the most part. I rarely die to them or because of them. The first ring is easy to out run and does hardly any damage.
Now the second ring does not mess around. I think it should be like that.. When ring 2 starts to close you should be done looting and looking at positioning into the next rings not messing around out side of it. There are plenty of jump towers and ziplines to get you into position.
The only times I have died to second ring are when my squad mates want to push fights way outside of the circle or they spend to much time looting.