my character couldn't handle them. I got as "combat prepped" as possible before they went live, and I still couldn't kill one. I bought a second account and rolled a combat toon, decked him out in deerbone, ground out picks like mad, and now I can kill three of the average ones before I have to rest and heal up. They are brutal on crafters, though...kinda sucks that I needed to have a second account to have a chance at playing the game during this phase of abandonment.