It's been like 6 months. If you don't have 12 atmas by now then well, you haven't even tried.

That being said I'm sure it will be nerfed in some way come 2.4 along with every other stage with the possible exception of Nexus. I think the only reason the Atma stage of the relic upgrade is even there is so you don't break the "law" of the item level system when you're upgrading the animus. It was also probably a way to make the world seem more alive with people running around zones, to impress the new PS4 players at the time.