What Is The Point Of Leveling Trusts?

[Raiya]

I dont hate the trusts at all but the one thing I dont like is how they're weaker than the squadrons are and have been intentionally tuned down a bit, would be nice if they aoe'd more for some pulls or hit harder when you level them.

[Deceptus]

I dont hate the trusts at all but the one thing I dont like is how they're weaker than the squadrons are and have been intentionally tuned down a bit, would be nice if they aoe'd more for some pulls or hit harder when you level them.

As a tank on trash pulls I'm doing 50% more damage than they (the DPS) are. As a tank. . .

On single target boss pulls I'm doing more damage than the DPS are, generally around 20-25%.

That doesn't seem right at all.

You need around 5 dungeon runs per trust group (i. e. one group with you as DPS with Thancred, a healer and one DPS - last group with you as Tank, two dps and a healer) in order to gain the two levels for the next dungeon. If farming dungeons over and over and over does not count to your "fun" (but common) MMO activities, this will surely feel tiresome with one Trust run of about 33 minutes. At least, that's how much it takes me so far.

This is right. Optimal Setup is:

Tank (You), Alphinaud (Healer), Alisae (DPS), Y'shtola (DPS) for group 1

Thancred (Tank), Urianger (Healer), Ryne (DPS), YOU (DPS - best if RDM or SMN for raise when Urianger eventually eats an AOE) for Group 2