Even putting aside all the times we discussed this topic in the past, we were just having ANOTHER thread about it yesterday in General:
https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=820984#Post820984Just to summarize quickly my take on the issue (AGAIN): I don't think the problem is the difficulty of the fight, the problem is the way the encounter is framed for new players.
You are actively encouraged to rush toward the creche as soon as you can (or more properly: relentlessly nagged about going there) only to find yourself facing one of the toughest encounters in EA.
What's worse, once you are there and the event with Lae'zel rushing ahead is triggered, there's no sensible option to back off: you either pass the encounter on the spot (through dialogue or fight) or it will be the death of your companion.
