Thanks for trying Camate, it is appreciated. However...

Also, there is quite a difference in between item collection and kills. For item trials, in an 18 person fight, one person will receive an item. Whereas for a trial requirement involving a specific number of kills, in an 18 person fight, all 18 people would receive the kill credit. While it’s not really as simple as multiplying it 18 times, since the basic thinking would be that the kill count should be greater than the number of items, in the event that we were to change the trial requirements from item collection to kills, there is a high possibility that the number would rise significantly.
This is probably the most disheartening thing I have read about FFXI in the last number of years.
The idea that in 2012 a MMO will design events that will literally take a year non-stop to accomplish is absolutely unbelievable.

18 players x 20 items each is 360 fights (with a daily restriction of one). A year. Just...no.