1) Doesn't help, people did just group together on the battle royal as well. (got ganked by groups of three people several times)
2) Doesn't matter, just wear the same outfit as your friends to identify them.´easily.
3) make the orb a limited item (5 per week, same as oils and pet pots) , when you enter you have 30 minutes to fight/farm but if you die you re-spawn inside ,
you only get kicked when your 30 minute timer runs out, and then you cant reenter the same day.
4) i'm skeptical about that.
I am not a game designer but i made a lot of maps in warcraft that were somewhat popular, and i always had to think about how a player could abuse a system or cheat, it is not an easy task the more complicated your game becomes, but an easy fix like my point 3 would solve so many problems for everyone.
What ever , it is too late now and it is clear who ever came up with this doesn't give a ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ about fairness or fun, as long as the elite is satisfied.