i play the same official server on pc(US LA 5978 1pp), it gave me a longer reload time and said position changed due to server change which is weird because i only play the one server. after loading in somewhere random i take 4 steps then hear some suppressed shot (maybe a mosin or tundra) like less then 50m from me because i heard the sound of the shot. instant unconscious then dead. and there was only 7 people online.

1. why did it say my timer loading in was prolonged because of a server switch when i remember logging out in novod on the same server i always play on.
2. why spawn me right next to someone that isn't on my friends list

It might have to do with the new spawning closer to your friends maybe?