I have been here for 6 years and I dont have every godlike lego in the game.  It would be boring if the game were that easy.  I like the thrill of pulling a godlike from shards.  Or completing a fusion to get one.  I think TinMan will be great for my account so I did a full DoF for the first time.  

This game is a marathon, not sprint.  If you need instant gratification pull out your platinum card and buy it.  

Good luck.  

You cant summon rares or Voids from Sacred shards....

Scarcity makes it way more fun for me.  Using what youve got and not just copying everyone else. 

I agree, it is so much more fun and satisfying to build out unique champions or champions that fit your current progression. You also fill up your faction wars roster a lot easier this way too without waiting for months to hit a strong enough legendary champion. 

Honestly just being able to do clan boss everyday makes it fairly consistent to get sacred shards, assuming you're 1-4 keying ultra-nightmare/nightmare after 4 years on and off, I won't do the maths live but you can check out https://ayumilove.net/files/games/raid_shadow_legends/guide/droprate/ClanBoss_LootTable_DropRate.jpg to see how reliale clan boss can be for bringing in legendary books and sacred shards. Especially if you're in a clan that kills unm CB consistently.

For F2P accounts, UNM Clan Boss has always been and still is the absolute backbone of the game. If your clan is downing UNM and NM daily, that’s 4 top-tier chests a day, which nets you around 8 to 10 Sacreds plus a solid stack of Voids and Ancients every single month for free. Instead of waiting around for Plarium to buff pull rates (which is never going to happen), your time is way better spent focusing 100% on building an Unkillable or a solid Demon Lord team. 

With the amazing login champs + promo codes right at the start its ridiculous how fast you can get an UNM team going too.