My mind is bottled how this game went from ancient teaser, to possible vapourware, to zombie survival builder with shitty microtransactions, to PUBG ripoff, to MOST POPULAR GAME EVER.
I don't think I'll be able to ignore this game anymore. It's been dipping it's balls into the mouths all the top Twitch game channels for months now.
How hard is it to pick up and get into?
Just play it. I'm 3-4 weeks in since not playing for about 8 months. I pretty much know the entire BR map now and getting better with the building aspect. Make sure to adjust sensitivies and key binds. Mouse sense should be slightly higher than your normal FPS game to accomodate building. You want to make turns a bit faster to get walls up quickly.
Its the shotgun meta so knowing guns is simple right now. If you have a shotgun you're good. Throw up walls to block shots, try to get high ground. High ground is normally #1 priority. Shotguns even do surprisingly decent damage at mid-range. It's kinda dumb actually.
Buy Battlepass for $10 and work on challenges. It's on Week 5 right now, every week are new challenges until end of season. I believe it's 10 weeks max. So we're halfway into the season. (You can go back and do ALL weeks until the end of season, once the season is over you can no longer get this Season's Battlepass or Rewards that come with it)
Watch some streams, if you don't like Ninja then maybe try Dr. Lupo, he's older (30s), duo's with Ninja but acts slightly less silly and less loud. He's a decent player and you can watch Ninja at the same time. There are some other good streamers like the FaZe and TSM guys.
I would try to do more solo stuff than Squads. You learn faster as a solo. In Squads you RARELY get a decent team. Everytime I try Squads (just going in as a Solo Fill) it's a shitshow. No teamwork or coordination the majority of the time.
However... Players in Solos are typically better and all seem to be build gods. It makes you learn faster simply because you get your shit pushed in so much more. When I Squad now it's very noticeable that the skill level is lower. A lot of people need teammates to carry them.
Watch the Tournament tonight starting at 4PM EST. All the streamers will be streaming it. It's a 2v2 but all 4 players are 1 Squad. The goal is for each 2 player "team" to kill more players than the other. It's hilarious because it uses normal players like us as fodder. It's fast paced and ridiculous to watch. Normally the 4 players will have over 30 kills amongst them, meaning they kill over 1/3rd the lobby.... and they are in "pairs" most of the time. Funny as fuck.