I'd like to hear input from Ples and Heroist at the very least (Fraga too, but he doesn't appear that often). Maybe we're silencing him if all the crossbows and pistols trigger at once and he has nothing up his sleeve, or it will just be a regular wipe against the guard. If I engage, he'll one-shot me even with a dodge, the others, I don't know. I also don't know how much dodge he has; one hit doesn't tell us anything.
The event with the battle was supposed to allow everyone who was unhappy to save face and give the old guy a beating, but without the NPCs freaking out, it's harder now. I'm not sure if it will be possible to avoid being chopped to pieces by this idiot in case of a loss.
I don't know about others, but I don't want to rage quit on the first crappy minion. We barely managed to get out of that mess.