New Trust System - Who Will You Upgrade First?

I mean... that's not the meaning of the word "nerf".
It's used for something that used to be good say "10" and after a change it becomes good to a level of "8".
That's a "nerf", a reduction in the performance of something compared to the previous situation.
But that's not the case for Monberaux?
He just is going to gain less compared to other trusts, but it's not like Monberaux's performance was better than it is with the new system compared to before, so I wouldn't say "nerf" is the right word to use here?

It was exactly the same situation with the previous system, the ilevel you gained through several aspects (the Trust +ilevel system or the Odyssey exclusive MM system) had the same exact behaviour than the new system.

SE developed a habit of nerfing jobs, that they think are too strong, by leaving them out of gear upgrades. If this is intentional then this would be the trust version of this approach.

like truth by omission isn't a lie

Every healer but you gets an upgrade, it's not a nerf, it's a downgrade by omission

Still far and away the best though

If they want to help casual players (which they are supposedly doing with these trust changes), a big starting point would be to make reraise easier to get. From a ring or earring similar to warp ring (in acquisition and function)

The reraise ring is already in the game, just make it easier to get (and maybe lower the recast time)