I have only this to add. If you are trying to learn to pk these two things are IMHO the most important.

1) Make a regear list:

Write it down. Keep it next to you. After you die (and you will die) go to your corpse, then begin regearing immediately. Replace missing pieces as quickly as possible.

2) Try to PK.

You aren't going for 100-0 you're looking for high pkill count. That means taking risks, which will help you learn what is especially dangerous for your character vs what you can get away with. Plus, you've got that handy regear list, so when you die, no big, just start with the regearing. Consider any gear upgrades completely transient and unimportant. Your regear list is your gear. If you get better gear and start playing more conservatively, you aren't learning to pk anymore, you are learning only to survive, which is worlds apart.


Valg's advice is dead-on, but if you make (and use) a regear list and actively go out and really try to rack up kills (even if you fail miserably) then by the time you con-die you will have gained immeasurable insight.