Well, a second trip to the East with the same result: death by Orc Patrol after completing 3 Prides without too much problems. The first time I probably had too low resists, I went East as soon as I could (lvl 24ish). So this time around I spent a little more time in the West grinding for a few levels (lvl 32) and some better gear.
Only problem was that I didnt have any controlled mobility, which I did have the 1st time (are controlled phase door infusions even still in the game?). This makes a lot of difference especially against the patrols. Compared to the dungeons the patrols seem to be much tougher, or at least there is a much bigger chance of being almost insta-killed, even with high resists. Now, I do try to evade the patrols as much as possible, also trying to lure them into and let them be killed by elven patrols whenever possible. But sometimes one just cant avoid them (had to meet them 4 times I think). It does feel that, compared to the rest of the content I've seen the patrols are a bit too much of a 'luck' thing: if the mobs spawn badly for you it can be a death trap, even with all the resurrects... Maybe I'm still doing something horribly wrong with them, who knows
Ofcourse the fact that I resurrected 3 times in a row with a negative amount of HP (bug?) didnt really help either 
Skill timers werent reset either, but that might be intentional, not sure.Other than that I'm having a blast with this game, there's a lot of strategy involved and most dungeons are toughish to tough but surely doable. Luckily there's still plenty room for extreme stupidity, like for instance vainly trying to kill off 3 remaining mega damage dealing archers after killing the boss in the Orc ambush. It took me 4 resurrects before realizing I didnt have to kill all remaining Orcs: I just didnt realize that killing the boss in stead of just being overwhelmed caused the stairs to pop up right under me, even resurrecting right on top of them over and over again didnt seem to activate my few remaining brain cells
One other minor thing: it looks like levels 25-30ish might do with a little extra content to avoid having to grind these levels. Great work, DG
I even have no idea how much it heals and if it wouldve helped me to use it in the ambush. Playing fighters I obviously tend to adjust my brain activity to the class I'm playing....