The "Good" trusts, when will they be available again

[Nyarlko]

That's a curious stance to take on limited time rewards, downplaying their significance. If you're going to argue that they have little to no practical use, which I would definitely argue as Shantotto II and Amchuchu are still on that list, then couldn't the same argument be made in favor of making them permanent rewards? Someone paying for monthly campaigns/rewards won't feel like they lost any value in their subscription if that monthly reward was useless.

There have been plenty of situations where the long list of competent trusts at my disposal have allowed me to successfully take out content I would have otherwise failed at or needed much more time to defeat, like soloing Azi/Naga/Quetz pre-nerf, where being able to summon a second set of capable characters because my first set was quickly defeated proved very convenient.

The dev team's primary objective should be updating the game to be as appealing and profitable as possible given the limited resources at their disposal and I firmly believe they wouldn't lose a single subscriber if they were to assign the limited time trusts as permanent rewards to existing quests. I actually think it would do more to help the game's appeal than to hurt it. Mounts, costumes and level 1 weapons (looking at you, Master Trials) make far more sense as limited time rewards or even as money shop items if they're ever able to get such a thing up and running for FFXI.

I was not downplaying their significance as much as I was asking which ones other players use. It is possible after all that I just have an entirely different playstyle and/or priorities than anyone else posting in this thread. Since I strongly disagree with several of the entries Vae listed as "bests", that's the assumption I'll roll with now. XD
I use Ullegore as often as Shantotto II since he can use Stun and won't interrupt sc, geo spots usually taken by Moogle & Sakura so no room for SS or Kupofried, avoid using KoH if at all possible due to his aoe mb habit thanks to Arciela II / Koru, Mayakov wrecks Mumor on dmg output, and I've never had good results w/ Karaha due to his desire to melee.

Seems that I was mistaken on the extravaganzas, which makes them make more sense to me now. (Always wondered why the repeated the same event 4x a year. :x) There are two different ones (Spring/Autumn & Winter/Summer) so it is up to a 6mon wait if you just barely miss one. So, outside of Kupofried and the handful tied directly to seasonal events (which are the "holiday" events... login/extravaganzas are not "seasonal") the worst we have to wait is 6mon for any specific trust. Still bearable in my opinion, though I know it may feel like an eternity for the impatient. When I came back last year, I just barely missed the Summer Ext. in July, and had to wait til Jan to stock up. Was disappointed when I found out, but not super upset about it. Figured that now that I gave in to the siren's call and came back to FFXI, I'm gonna be in it til servers go down anyway, so 6mon wasn't really that big a deal for me. lol