Tips for staying alive in the Battlefield 1 open beta

While playing the Battlefield 1 open beta, I was once again reminded it’s hard to stay alive in a game full of die-hard gamers. My average lifespan lasted for minutes in the Sinai Desert, the new multiplayer map that Electronic Arts is opening up to all players today. But that’s only because I spent a lot of minutes running or riding to the action.
In those rare moments when I was actually in combat with other players, my lifespan went down to seconds. Here’s a few tips that I