I expect to see the relic quest get modified down the road due to the fact that they intend to have a continual stream of upgrades for this weapon. Since players will want to have a relic on all of their classes, having such an incredible time sink will become counter productive as they add new upgrades. It would not surprise me to see them boost the drop rate substantially within 2 to 3 patches. As it stands now, most of the people in my FC are being forced to choose one weapon to upgrade due to the time sink. Our coil teams have made the short term decision to skip the Atma farming even though their upgraded relics may ultimately be better down the road in the long term.

My view of the current situation:
1. Many players devour content faster than they create it, this quest serves as a means to slow them down and keep them in the game.
2. PS4 launch happened roughly the same time and having thousands of players running around the world grinding fates making it look more alive.