I agree OP. I'm not happy with it either.
I legit don't do trusts because you have to level them.
I'm with you, I hope they change it. I liked running Holminster Switch with everyone because it was fun to listen to them talk to each other and see how each character reacts uniquely to thinks (I hear they all have a different approach to crossing the bridge in Don Mheg), but I'm not gonna spend the time to grind them up, especially when they don't use AoEs. It's not like I have anything that I wanna level either. I'd be grinding just for them.