This is exactly the problem for me. These kinds of fights boor me, I can't stand farming, and farming is the only reason I can come up with for going after the 'safe' fights. Unless I am helping someone else I am going after fights that are a challenge. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not. Of course, I am trading a death for knowledge, so its all good.
Well, it was all good before the change to death points, anyway.