Quote Originally Posted by ArchlordPie View Post
I agree that Royal Menagerie is too hard for a MSQ scenario. The mechanics move too fast and are too punishing if you mess them up, and the boss has way more health than it needs to have. The fact that there's no Echo further compounds the problem.

For the record, if this were the Minstrel's Ballad version of the fight, I wouldn't be complaining. You get what you ask for when you run high-end content. On the other hand, I shouldn't have to watch a guide video and flawlessly execute mechanics at the speed of light for 15 minutes straight just to finish the main story. There are literally EX trials that are easier than this.
The fight is mechanically easy. Every mechanic has obvious visual displays that you will have seen in previous MSQ fights.

The only issue is that mistakes compound painfully when DPS is ridiculously low. There's too much health to carry 4 corpses without Refresh/Tactician. Or even just half-corpses.