Royal Menagerie is hard but how you would expect in RPGs

[ChameleonMS]

All in, it took me 2 different groups and 12 total pulls to get past this. 8 pulls in group 1, 4 pulls in group 2. I do not remember the exact numbers from Heavensward [correcting memory] Steps of Faith but I remember it being far more of a chore to get through it.
It is not that the groups I was in sucked, each group by the 3rd pull was getting the boss down to about 15% each time. Most frequent issue, a Healer would blow a mechanic and remaining Healer would not be able to keep up and failed to use Healer LB3.

Given the number of unique mechanics involved, this fight as it currently is, would be very difficult to learn for a new player because each mechanic has a different telegraph to learn. We, the experienced players, have seen them all before but new players have not.
This is common, I was in the 61 dungeon levelling my PLD, did DRG for MSQ, and the final boss has a stack telegraph. Both the SCH and SAM did not know that telegraph and ran away from other people each time they got it. The BRD and I chased them around the arena to try and save their lives. We succeeded 3 / 4 times, poor SAM bought once.