Quote Originally Posted by Xaruko_Nexume View Post
It is destroying my love for a beautiful game that I have otherwise fallen in love with.
I completely agree with you OP. I just generally outright refuse to do speedruns unless there is no choice in the matter. It's not ideal, but what I've done is I just don't level alt jobs. I have my main Job and just one other that I level side by side with each expansion. I never grind tomes for the latest gear. I never even attempt any of the extreme content. I just play the new content as it is released, once, and leave everything else for a day when hopefully they fully implement trusts. THEN, I will enjoy the dungeon content fully and level other jobs.

Again, it's not ideal, and not exactly the solution you're looking for ... but it's how I deal. I play much more casually than I would otherwise simply as a result of the systems I like not being in place. I still love this game. There's just so many other games TO play ... maybe it just gives me more time to play them instead. If they one day resolve this issue, then all those other jobs will be there waiting for me to enjoy.