Before anything else, know you're going to die. Corpse recovery is going to be painful; we saw an excellent example of that in the twitch stream.

So...

1. Use whatever form of sense heading there is and get skilled in it before you go exploring new zones.

2. Be aware of your surroundings and remember landmarks. Write them down with locations so you can find or avoid them starting with the zone in point.

3. Hugging walls may not be an option as zones are no longer rectangular, but try and follow the countour of the zone and again, make notes of what you see and where you see it.

4. Stay away from zone in/outs. While mobs may/or may not path there normally, it's a guaranteed area for people in trouble to run to with a dozen mobs on their tail eager to kill you if they see you.

5. Listen to the surroundings, "listen" to chat", listen to what your perception is telling you.

6. Ask for help from people if you get lost or if you lost your corpse. Others may be able to help you or have abilities to help you if you lost your corpse.

7. Be careful, don't go running blind along a path in an out door zone. While they inevitably will lead somewhere, what you may find may not be what you're looking for.

8. Be careful, don't go running blind in a dungeon. There's likely going to be one or more unfriendlies just around the corner.

9. If you're exploring, try to find a group with fellow explorers.

10. Pick up everything you can pick up. It may be useful to someone or your self.

so many more things...