trust boosts?

[BRVV]

That's not a great indicator of anything. There aren't any relevant discussions in the first few pages of google search results that even acknowledge the existence of Trusts prior to Lv80, though we all know they exist.

Are the EW Trusts separate entities from the ShB trusts? Do you level ShB Urianger from 71 to 80 separately from leveling EW Urianger from 81 to 90? Do Trusts instantly upgrade to Lv81 upon unlocking the Lv81 dungeon for the Trust system even if they're still Lv71? Do you have to level Trusts all the way from 71 to 90 if you didn't get them to 80 before unlocking the Lv81 dungeon for the Trust system?

Nothing I read answers these questions and my archive footage from the early EW days doesn't seem to include any of my Trust plays prior to having everyone around Lv89.

What i found a while back always claimed that all the trust would be set to lvl 81 with EW's release. Typical great journalism, because guess what: it is false. They missread a live letter or smth.

How it actually is:
- Most trusts start at lvl 71
- Exarch/Graha started at lvl 80
- Estinien starts at lvl 81
- Ryne can only do ShB dungeons and her maximal lvl is 80
- Estinien can only do EW dungeons
- For EW content Alphinaud is a Sage instead of a carbuncle scholar (said to be a "Healer" which was changed to "Academic" - at least that would be the german translation)
- For all but Ryne lvl 80 was scrapped with EW's release; now they go from 79 to 81 directly. Exp gets set to 0 though for level 81
- Exp for trust was boosted (with 6.0 i think) for ShB dungeons

Sources: what i read and my experience

Added: Since a lot of people claim all their trusts start at lvl 81, first: show me your Ryne. Second: idk if it actually is supposed to be like that or a bug (not having them be set to 81). I did not do any runs with trusts before i finished EW, but i did look at the menu and listened to their voice lines before finishing EW.