Are hostile Ziguranth patrols for grinding XP?

[berenbelagund]

Pure XP is meaningless, it only works to unlock a talent or a weapon drop... So if you spawn withing sight of all of em.. run. You got one chance... simply you can run/win off of that first option or ur lost. IF u run that first movement is key..otherwise u be tanking. There is no penalty for running.

Thanks! Yes, you're right, XP really only matters for talent unlocks (although the extra stats and hp is nice). But it is quite tricky to ensure that you can run, when many patrol battles unfold in a very open area, with you dropped in some random place near them.