The problem I have with this Relic trial is that it simply cannot be low-manned; it's completely inconsistent with how relics can be made now.

To get a relic, you don't need to have 18 people helping you. At most you'll probably need 1-2 other people to help you with Attestion/Fragment Trials. That's it.

How are future relic holders suppose to be able to get their Relics to 99 when everyone's said and done collecting their own Umbral Marrow?

Not to mention, could you imagine the drama that a trial like this could bring for shells that have 10+ Relics to upgrade?

"Who should get the Umbral Marrow?"

Personally, I would want to upgrade others' melee weapons over my own Gjallarhorn because they gain so much more at lvl 99, yet how am I to know that I would get the same help when it comes time for my own? Everyone knows how notorious it is for people to finish a Relic/Empy/Mythic and then just quit or take an "extended" break a week later lol

Pretty funny too, considering SE wanted to avoid drama through their horrid loot distribution system in VW.

This dev team is just not consistent. At all.

Ninja Edit: Ohohohoho, the dev team is consistent with one thing though: Disappointment.