Plarium are you out of your collective minds?  Do you really think the vast majority of players will achieve this - they don't spend 24/7 clicking on SO upgrades in order to get a whole bunch of 7 Star SO's in order to get an 8 Star?  Really, you've outdone yourselves this time.  So my feedback and suggestion is... stop it!  Stop introducing time consuming elements of the game... use the K.I.S.S approach... keep it short simple.  As for the Heroes and Elite gear... again, you just complicated something that should be easy for players to use and manage.  Geesh.