[Xenephex]

It is harder than what you're used to. At some point there was an exp bonus instituted for players under level 10 - there's none of that here.

Do NOT kill blues at very low levels (up to 3 at least). The amount of exp a mob gives is more or less proportional to the square of their level, so at level 3 a level 1 mob is giving you about 1/9th the experience of a level 3. That becomes not so much of an issue as you gain levels, but for the first few levels it's a good idea to keep track of what level particular mobs tended to be. You can kill level fours, for example, at level 5 and it won't be hurting you nearly so much.

Check for low level quests - they can help some. You can turn in lizard skins to your SK GM - give ok exp and some plat (you always get a rusty 2 hander as a reward). There are probably some better quests in Oggok, but I don't know them off the top of my head.