Yeah that's true but he is top 1-3, not top 100. It's not that hard to get to 90-100 if you are a paying player. Sure, it also requires time but it's not that super hard. 100th player has 143 EG's eliminated right now and I have 67. Note that I've been playing yesterday for like 4 hours maybe and today 1-2 so it's really not that much. Also notice that if you are paying player and have slayers, you can kill even more of them. I'm full F2P.
I wouldn't say it's not easier for paying players, but they still have to put the work in. Simply encountering that many EGs is tiring. Sometimes it takes 10-20 spins to encounter one. I get tired of making them show up when that happens. I can't imagine finding 300 of the things so far. Hell, that's close to how many I killed in the entire EVENT last time, let alone in one day.
I'm happy to be where I am without a slayer. I have 3 or 4 E-gacha tickets, but I'm saving them for phase 2. I can handle phase 1 with my base SED.
I'm also saving my e-gachas for now but I feel like the only event that is worth spending e-gachas on is pero gambit (for easier 50k trophies). In SEG event I have to rely on friends anyway so my SED doesn't really matter and in pero colo you can easily get 200 consecutive wins without the slayers so it feels a bit meh too. Maybe I will spend 1-2 in the second part of this event, don't know yet.
I was with family during the beginning of the week when the SEGs started showing up. I wasn't able to be on all the time so I slipped in the rankings to around 1120. I've been on constantly since Thursday to make top 1000 and it has been a brutal struggle. It seems like I am constantly around 300k-500k EP short of the goal. I am currently at 1040 and will probably need to start using items to catch up.
Healthy is not a word I would use to describe such a level of activity. I don't think I will do another Elite Guard event like this again.