"Taking a stand" quest

[Priddy]

Since the beginning of Stormblood, Square Enix has forced us to play as an NPC character in an MSQ event. In my case, it's always been a class/job that I never wanted to play, have no interest in playing, and have no experience playing.
This game is supposed to be fun, not an opportunity for some sadistic moron game designer to frustrate players needlessly.
Well, "Taking a stand" is the worst of all, IMHO. I'm sure that some players enjoy this sort of thing, and that's fine, keep it in the game. BUT DON'T MAKE IT PART OF THE MSQ!
I have tried multiple times to pass this, and failed each and every time. I am unable to discern ANY difference in difficulty between the normal mode and what is laughably called "very easy." It's not at all "very easy," as my repeated attempts and repeated failures evidence.
I find the mechanics difficult to understand and difficult to counter; I lose health for no apparent reason. In the end, I die, and I never know why. It's impossible to learn when I never know why.
This is the sort of idiotic game design that will chase casual players away. It should either be nerfed or removed.

There is a certain bare minimum expectation of skill that is requested of the player in any video game. I do not say this to condescend, but if you are struggling to complete this duty on the Very Easy difficulty, you are overwhelmingly below your average player's skill level. I promise you can beat it if you give it any semblance of an effort. Yes, maybe it will take you a few tries. That does not make it bad game design.

EDIT: All that being said, I see no harm in them making the 'Very Easy' setting so monumentally easy that the game literally makes it impossible to lose, for the people who want that. I'm just a bit baffled at how somebody could struggle even half as much to do this on the easiest difficulty as some people in this thread are making it out to be (physical/mental disabilities aside, of course)