I got lucky with Bismarck and got my White Lanner on the 58th run, 28th after the patch but I've got abysmal luck against Ravana, I joined a farm party and 8 people got their falcons in 20 total runs and I was the only one that did not, yes, that means I lost 8 bird rolls and the whistle never dropped for me, everyone left the party and now I'm 14 totems away from finally getting it, RGN is a hateful thing!...

I haven't cleared Thordan EX or any other primal after him so yes, the totems will work for me, they will incentivize other players and I will finally be able to clear those trials!...

In fact I was one of the first persons to suggest the x99 totems per bird some months ago, you might still find the thread somewhere, that's pretty much the reason why I have not been farming the current primals because all my interest in them are the mounts, I don't care about the weapons since they always become obsolete sooner or later but the mounts are good forever!...