(fallen london stamps by also whoa I just realized something very important about the sage solo duty
which is though the intro quest gives you a coffer full of left-hand (hat, shirt, gloves, etc) ilevel 385 gear, it does NOT give you any accessories (earrings, necklace, etc). so unless you have level ~70 accessories from leveling another healer or went out and bought some, you're basically going into this duty way below ilevel 385!
granted, there's a bunch of people who went in with full Augmented Scaevan and still got deleted - ilevel can't fully compensate for being handed 70 levels' worth of buttons and being thrown into the deep end. but dang, being undergeared sure doesn't make it easier!