It took me a year to fund my first relic, I helped run a dyna linkshell and we took turns funding runs between 4 people. Then to speed it up I camped Sandworm and Dark Ixion every single day in my hnmls, 6 hour+ camps for a good 6-7 months.

I put more time and effort into getting than that most people put into paying off their car.

I still remember proudly wearing it a hnm camp and missing my first ws, I nearly quit the game on the spot.