Yeah I agree with that. The relic super does a lot. It's just easier to have everyone in it. A lot of people go to the middle but I do the back door. Supplicants never go back there, and if I'm not holding relic I'll usually stay on the portal conflux shooting gjallys rather than worrying about jumping out of the shield. The relics really an aggro shield, and depending on what weps your team has you can take him down in two portal runs. 3 max on normal. Hard mode 4 usually, but I've done it in 3 once.

Oh yeah, definitely. If you have good enough weapons, then there wouldn't be an need to use any supers as such. I carry around my maxed Gjallarhorn during the raid, but I usually end up carrying the relic.

Same here. I am usually the only gjally, but the teams I run with usually either are newbies an such who aren't good with relic, or friends who like when I use it, so I end up being designated relic holder. Not that I mind, it's extremely fun to do.

Oh, I know! Back when the raid first came out, I remember I was the first in my regular raiding party to learn how to use the relic. Nobody really knew how to use it, and there weren't any strategy guides available at the time. But it certainly is a blast to use. Since then, I've been happy to pick up the relic whenever I need to.