Ok...let me level with you here SE...

[Soidisant]

20 drops from ADL is not reasonable. 5 is not reasonable. Yet some people want to think that it is. Why is that? Because it's 5 and not 20? It wasn't unreasonable because it was 20. It was unreasonable because it was ADL. If you say 5 is reasonable then 20 is reasonable. Period.

I think it's just a time:reward ratio for most.

If I farmed the pops, I could probably get people to come along and kill ADL 5 times without much issue. It would be far more difficult to get people to do it 20 times though.

Likewise, people would be far less likely to merc it if it required 20 items. There will be far more people willing to pay 150-200m than 600-800m. So Umbral Marrow price would either have to be reduced (meaning less people willing to merc it) or there would be far less buyers (which again means less people actively mercing kills).

Could the trial be easier or more convenient? Absolutely and I'm sure every Relic holder would prefer it be was.

However, 5 is more reasonable to some people than 20 because 5 seems doable to them whereas 20 was not. At 20, no way would I even attempt to do it. At 5 items, I'll probably attempt to do 1 of my Relics.