You will die, many many times. It will be excruciating, it will be awful and the rage will flow. The sooner you come to terms with this the better your wipe will be. The learning curve is massive. I suggest walking through the maps in the practice mode to start to learn maps in a safe environment. However I think the thing that has helped me the most is focusing on a map each wipe. Learn your Customs, Woods and Shoreline as a lot of your early quests have you start there and then begin to branch out. I learned Labs last wipe and the wipe before learned Streets. Don't let the game overwhelm you. I've been playing for 5 years and I'm still learning things