Right now, IMO, the easiest class for new player (mostly doing quest, solo explorers...) is Magicka Night Blade. It's easy even from level 1 with Strife, a cheap like dirt skill, range, dps and heal.
Leveling matters. You get skill points, get to shift your stats into your main stat, which should all go into stamina or magicka in most cases, you can equip higher level gear, and eventually you get
You've been going at it for 1 1/2 months in an almost 5-year-old game. You should expect some effort to catch up. I honestly hope they don't "fix" this - enough people reach high level/CP without lear
edit: just realized it may seem odd to mention things the OP probably knows, but sometimes totally new players or those gone for many years also check out threads like this and can be confused by some