The Patrol fight is just another example of how bad the Act 1 storytelling and pacing is.
The entire goblin vs. druid plot feels like it should have been an Act 2 event AFTER you have a better understanding of the tadpole, what it can do and where it comes from. The Patrol fight feels like it probably should have been the climax of Act 1 as it clearly has major points for both Shadowheart and Lae'zel and relevant to events that will happen later. It would probably need a bit of redesign to make it better, but its current placement and implementation just doesn't feel good or interesting.
