Sure sometimes you will spawn in a hard encounter, just stay in a easy PNJ zone for your first lvl (klamath, den, reeding most of the PNJ are creatures), but i am still persuaded you can get out every encounter without big problems (the harsher to exit are goul crazie because of hunting.... and if you are with a patrol killing ab other group of PNJ don't stay in the burst zone).
Furthermore if u got a PNJ on you and if there is an other group fighting these PNJ just shot one time at them they will take an other target, nothing is more easy than get out an encounter... for turn based the only thing you will get is to be traped in your own turn based with pk and less chance to get out.
It's just my opinion but TB must be deleted, it's just used for traps and don't learn you how to fight in real time (and pvp is for sure in RT)