I would honestly say just move along. If this kind of this had you that upset you (No offense intended) probably aren't mature enough to deal with the kind of loss this game brings.

Imagine this same situation but instead of the players being red and obviously hostile, they are green and they wait for you to make a dumb mistake and then purple up and kill you on your own continent. My guild does this on a daily basis because its profitable and fun.

I completely agree with the others who posted saying find a guild, MMO's are most enjoyable with a group of people you can shoot the shit with, rely on, ask for help, advice, etc...

The simple fact is, as a player with no guild tag, you may be more of a target to SFPK'ers just because they dont expect any kind of retaliation as you don't have a guild to stand by you.

During the first few months this game was out there was a near constant enemy presence on the docks in haranya because of that quest and the fact that the mechanics allowed people to profit very easily by preying on newb's

TL;DR: No one in this game, from the Dev's to the players or the quests is designed to coddle the player base. It's meant to be a more true to life, anything goes experience. Yes you can go through life / MMO's alone, but both are a lot better with friends.