Quote Originally Posted by Tahbitha View Post
With all that done, I started the initial job quest where I have to escort an NPC through a small instance and keep her healed while she tanks some bad guys.

It... did not go well. That poor NPC never had a chance.
The introductory battle seems quite overtuned to me – it's harder than most of the dungeon healing you'll go on to do afterwards (or instead if you went away frustrated by it) and it put me off the job for a while.

One thing that you do need to do – and the NPCs prompt you but it might get overlooked in the chaos – is that in the second stage of the fight you need to target Loifa (the sage) first and defeat him before you attack Mahaud (the thaumaturge), otherwise he will heal her and your effort will be wasted, dragging out the fight for longer.

You may also want to come back and try again once you've got stronger gear.