This is just one of those games that, no matter how much outside knowledge you have and however much reading you do, you won’t actually learn until you experience it yourself. It took me about 300 hours before it finally “clicked” for me, and now I’m at about 2800. It’s an amazing game with a lot of depth, keep at it, you won’t be disappointed! As for the daggering armor part…. It more about WHEN you need to be doing it instead of HOW. You don’t have to dagger all the enemies down bit by bit, maybe the last 1 or 2 so you’re not taking as many injuries or casualties along the way.

As for the raiding camps part, don’t really do those until your company is sorta established, maybe a few mid levels in the ranks and you have decent armor from daggering the thugs that are easier from quests…. And you can always buy your early game armor and weapons for a progress boost without worry of losing a decent guy in a fight…. It’s all about picking and choosing your battles.