1st time BF player

I have to say first off the game looks and runs wonderful on my current Pc no issues there whatsoever. The campaign in fun so far - only 2 missions in but I like it.

Now lets talk about the Multiplayer game- HOW DO I see people in the maps ?? I can only see people on the mini map (red squares), before I even get close to anyone I'm shot dead and then i see their shadow outline. I've been going through video after video, setting after setting , and I cannot for the life of me seem to get combat down at all. I cannot even get close to even try to combat with someone. I am playing the Assault class if that matters.

I'm used to 1st person shooters - well not recently but I've played most of them at one point or another, never tried COD or any of the BF titles. I've played the Doom, Quake, Half Life, Overwatch series and they are nothing like BF6, and I'm completely lost as to how I can enjoy this game if I cannot do anything but spawn and die..