Royal Menagerie is hard but how you would expect in RPGs

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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.

How new of a player are you if youre fighting the level 70 storyline boss? If you used job and story skip potions, isnt it on you to learn about the things you jumped? If you dont know a mechanic(which is fine - we all had to learn), cant you pay attention to the other people when they either tell you or show you what to do? Or ask questions if you still dont get it? I did this fight blind with no mechanics explained(party was half first timers), and when he started charging up a big "tidal wave" attack i looked at what everyone else did, and i went and stood by them. Sure enough, he punted me 90% of the way across the platform but not all the way off. If you didnt know the stack marker at level 61(which you should have because it was heavily featured as recently as final steps of faith at level 60), shouldnt you have learned it by the time Susano uses it on you? Arent you used to it when Shinryu does it? Theyre all the same marker. Him mimicking primal abilities from level 50 shouldnt be confusing anyone. We've been getting thrown off the battle platform since titan at level 35, thats plenty of time to learn that you either need to dodge the mechanic or get far enough from the edge not to get pushed over. And unlike titan, you can still be resed here. Im sure the veterans of this game could be better at teaching some of these things, but the "new" players need to be willing and able to learn.