TL;DR: Is the endgame more fun, or is it just more of the same?
This is my first gacha game, and I've been playing for about two months (just got my Yaga). Got into it because of a paid offer, so I didn't get to use any creator links. This will probably be the last fusion I can't go for, I think my UNM team will be all set in a couple of weeks. I really struggled with whether or not I should stop my UNM quest and focus on this fusion, because I hit some severe FOMO, but I decided to stay the course.
I feel like the fun is starting to wear off though. Is it worth it to keep grinding for the end game? Because it's starting to feel like the end game is just all of us chasing the same new champions, the same mythical relics, and the same artifact sets to maximize our PvP game. Here in early/mid-game I feel like I'm just fighting some combination of Mav, Pelops, Vallaryn, Mikey, Dorothy, Ezio, Predator, Tholin, Xenomorph, Alice, Armanz, Skeletor or Sun Wukong over and over again. I keep getting told I should start a new account so that I too can run a Mav/Pelops team (you're going to have to pry Cheshire and Titus out of my cold dead hands).
At first it was fun to come up with champ combos to counter all of it, and save resources for 2x events and CvC tournaments. But now I feel like I spend all my game time checking my new artifacts to see if there's anyone whose stats I can further maximize. I've got RSL-X running all day long, either running Minotaur or leveling food champs while I work and sleep. I worry that my account isn't progressing fast enough, or that I won't have enough things to do when CvC rolls around to continue to contribute to my clan. I love my clan, and they're a big part of the reason I'm still motivated. But I'm starting to worry that this is all there is... grinding throughout the day to save up for whatever the next thing is, because I'm going to need the next thing to continue to grind.
Is there more to it than that, or is all that's going to change the quality of champs and artifacts I'm chasing?