I just took the last 4 or 5 days off from "playing" the grind. I ran low on ironite and needed to stock up. I played the Arena event instead and only did my daily skull quests and troopers i ran in Powerslave without buying any SoT. I dont feel I missed out on anything, I still was gaining resources thru the Arena rewards, and today I jumped right back in at farming 3* bricks in the Ravens Altar while knocking out more achievements. I have still awakened a character 21 times (the next Achievement is 30 BTW) and I still have tons of the white snow frags to buy more awakening materials if needed... I havent farmed LOL keys in a while as I think the Raven's Altar gives better rewards.

I really dont understand the complaints. Take a few days to restock, play minimal SoT in low cost dungeons, keep your troopers happy, and jump back in when ready.