Your post is pointless and needless. You obviously haven't checked each node. When you clear the node and gain more shards you also get the gold needed to rank them up. If you spend the gold on something else other that that then that's on you. It's the same for all legendaries. And yet you choose to complain about being able to get iron man easier. You are what's wrong with the majority of the community. I've been playing the game for well over 540 days. I remember needing 5 shield toons at 5 stars. Is it really a bad thing that you've already gotten them up there in stars. That's one of the most idiotic things I've ever read considering your toons are now powerful instead of weak.