So, general good ideas are:

1) Parry/tankyness will save your butt
2) Invest in all around armor (helmets, boots, gloves, etc)
3) Fight dirty
4) Fight cheap
5) Ambushes, favorable terrain, choke points and the like are all legitimate, very helpful tactics
6) Diplomacy may actually work to keep us alive
7) Secondary weapons are always good (Gonna get throwing knives/axes)

Anything else I may be forgetting?