Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
Are those fights really so difficult that it's a problem? Garuda doesn't even get to do half of her mechanics most of the time anymore.
No, they aren't all that hard.

I think the problem is not so much the trials as such, but that you near the end of the storyline and then ... *POOF* you find out that before you can progress further you have to do three trials that doesn't really have anything to do with the story at that point.