Fighting smart in Darkfall online

Here is a few things on how to fight smart in the world of Darkfall, a brutal and unforgiving world. You need to keep eyes on those things when fighting.
1. with well stocked food in your backpack, you are available to eat before every encounter. In the case you in trouble, eating food enables you to have high chance of running to a safe area.
2. while fighting, keep an eye on your stamina bar. Do not go below half stamina, or you easily become a target to enemies passing by.
3. when fighting, try to take high location so that you can not be spotted by your opponents. Moreover, you can easily aim and hit an enemy at lower loation.
4. when resting, use cover like rocks, trees, bushes etc. it is hard to spot you.