I do not know what happened, my first and last halls in 19 lvl we finished in 40-45 minutes .. not much longer than the meridian but much more fun =)
It's not fun when someone with so many rows, with even paypal buff that no one else can get (Pay to win), play with atchi and block.
You stay dead and you have to wait for the fight to finish.
That's why in RU they have magic storm in tallar: immunity from stun and you cannot block at all.
We all have money to afford 90% of Store buffs... We even have money for 9-10 meridians every Saturday... But we spend for what, making fights longer? Getting stuck in fight? Have fun with that.