Here is what you do. If you are living in meduli move it is too open to move unnoticed. Generally stay off roads you might get spanked by a bear or wolf but if it happens you learn where to farm them, you can travel on mountian top but do not take risky jumps, If you need to go somewhere it is worth hirering a guide if you can find a honest person, and its a good idea to get with a guild so you can have trustworthy people to practice fighting with and maybe get a free guide or two by tagging along on guild trips. The game is a little rough at first, but once you are established you just go on farming expeditions where you fill your horse with more supplies than you can use in a month. Things get slower and you can focus on causing or snuffing out trouble. The real progression in the game is wealth and what you learn and you get a abundance of both just by playing those ganks are only a loss if you don't learn something from them.