Being far away from EC mart may be a little disadvantage for a fresh warrior. That said you might be able to rotquest a
Forest Giant Hammerin Warslik's wood when you first get started, and replace it in your teens with a
Iksar Berserker Club from grouping in Kurn's Tower (pretty much the best weapon you can find in the field for many many levels).
If you don't want to risk visiting the giant castle early on
Tarnished Shan Tok is good enough to 1 hit kill level 1 mobs, which are xp until you hit level 5.
Don't worry about the surviving part; work on your
Curscale Armor for the first few levels. In kurns you can replace it with
reinforced rhino,
ruined scaled and
Burynai Hide.
Fashion-wise
Shestar's Scaled Coif gives a nice looking hat.
Speaking of Quests, in addition to Curscale Armor and Shestar's Scaled Coif
Large Scorpion Claws are going to be worth gathering up for xp.
Xp-wise, once you are bored of killing the yard trash, move on to the spiderling caves in Field of Bone or the pit, and then into Kurn's Tower. When you outlevel Kurn's Tower, you can try the giant fort in Warslik's Woods or Lake of Ill Omen for groups, both of which can drop items which will be useful to you.