I'm not having any particular problems with trials at the moment myself. I did have issues with the light trials previously, though. Those were quite irritating, and I eventually just gave up trying to do it the normal way and made a Nyzul party and finished it up there.

I dunno, I am perfectly fine being patient, I really am. And doing things like 4000 mobs - as nuts as that is - I'm willing to do, because it's straight forward and it is something I can slowly chip away at and something I know I'm making progress toward. Some of these weather trials though just aren't reasonable to tackle at times. Knowledge of the seasons in Vana'diel helps, but it's not enough when the seasons are short lived and fall on odd hours at times. (It's especially annoying when it happens during an LS Event or when at work.) I'm perfectly okay with the trials taking forever for a shiny item, I just hate missing opportunities to make progress because the game doesn't offer very many opportunities toward the goal to begin with.

Weather isn't my only beef with this game, though.. There are a lot of silly inconveniences that could have just been reworked to take just as long (or almost as long) without the need of frustrating the player. I don't approve of annoyances in video games. Tediousness isn't much fun either admittedly, but it's better of the two evils in my opinion.