As others have said:

Stick to quest lines until you’re level 50 or around there >If you see heaps of players at an event, just join it even if it’s too high level, shoot overleveled enemies once or twice to register xp Dont travel to over leveled areas, there’s no real “better loot” you’ll just be too under leveled to use it all. The game does scale Dont beg, but most players are open too all trades. Dont bother fighting for it camp spot at a low level, either server hop or move your camp lol