Please scale the difficulty of Royal Menagerie

[Galgarion]

I just cleared it for story mode, three minutes ago. I just spent an hour trying to clear it with an underperforming group, and then lucked into a more competent one on my next attempt. I was bad during the first attempt. I kept getting knocked off the platform, I didn't stack during ank mourne, and I was paying more attention to my fell cleaves than the ground. But that hour I spent sucking hardened me up (oh god, PHRASING), and with the second group, I played like a different, smarter person, and I got the clear and a few comms. I understand the frustration of failing at something you want to succeed at, but the failures make the victory so much sweeter. I wouldn't feel this good right now if it hadn't been a good fight where I KNOW I carried my weight. That's my thought on the matter.

EDIT*

Holy crow, that ending makes it so worth it. I'm wrecked. I made a friend without realizing it and now he's gone because he was crazy. *sob*