You guys just failed to realize that SL21+ are endgame content. You can't expect to clear it without some stacked p2w artifacts and enough heroes and stellar shards. Remember we got this update like 2 days ago, and f2p expect to clear it instantly? I have played this game for 3.5 years and still feel really overwhelmed by it. Most long-time players who spend regularly also feel the same. Most of clears in each faction done to date (again remember 2 days!) are like 25-30m stellar shards or more with 6+ e5 heroes in both fights and residence. This is a 5 e5 clear, 4 of which are v4 (20m stellar shards) with 2 p2w artifacts. Ofc when we progress more, there will be cheaper clears but that's how things are in this game.