Is this the type of game that you really want to play with friends? None of my friends are very consistent with playing games together, and I don't want to buy it if it'll be a waste of my time playing as a single player.
Is there a way to try before buying?
Most of the streamers I watch play solo, and I play solo. I've only played a dozen or so games but there are three game queue options: solo, duo, full squad (4 or 5 I forget). If you queue solo, and I think thats the most popular option, you are only playing against other solo players so its really no big deal.
You CAN queue solo against duos or full teams, and some really good streamers do that and wipe out full enemy squads, but again playing solo only servers is great and its 100 player, FFA battles. Queues are literally instant for me, 24 x 7, when I play solo.
There are always gonna be a ton of games where you land and die within a minute but ehh, whattya gonna do. At least not a lot of time wasted, the worst games are where you die after 20-30 mins and still mid position.