Everyone should be "able" to hold relic now the question is whether they want to or not. Holding the relic at Templar is always fun and I enjoy it more than the DPS side. Joined a group last night on my hunter and completely forgot I just got to 32 and they constantly deferred to me to run the relic. Thankfully I gained relic experience my first few runs. Now I just need some sword experience for Crota and I will be good to go.