OK new to the game so im not totally 100% up on the mechanics, but in the faction wars section on the very first tier I am running my orc 3 star 3x ascended champion with attack gear yet he is getting his ass kicked by lvl 12 mobs?  what the hell is going on with that BS?  I would expect at the higher tiers to have some difficulty but not on the very first one with level 12 mobs?  can anyone explain what is going on here ?

you would expect a level 30 champion to clean house on low level mobs so what gives?