I was in FULL DL and Garuda weapon before I even attempted my first Titan [HM] kill. I tried to get in parties for days on end but always rejected because I am a WAR. I spent hours and hours trying to get the kill through Duty Finder (some days I spent 12+ hours nonstop). The worst thing was finding people still wearing lv45 AF gear or lower. Sometimes there would be people wearing ghost costumes.

So, I spent a lot of time leveling my alt classes. I ran AK enough to get a full ilvl60 gear set for all of them. Finally I made a couple friends on my server. I started making my own groups, meeting new people, and adding them to my friends list.
Now I have all 9 relic weapons.

My point is... friends in this game make it a whole lot better.