My world is different than yours, but it is not for lack of trying. I play hours per day, it just does not yield much good. I just have campaign type champs and Athel, Warpriest, Shieldguard, Armiger, Sentinel, Warmaiden (L40), Templar, Spirithost and the like. I have just 2 champs that are more than 10k in power. So I am woefully outmatched everywhere I go. I could name a whole flurry of rares and epics I wish I had but don't. Churned through lots of junky rares that I no longer waste time on. I know the importance of speed but it is impossible for me to achieve much. I think my best is 178 but you will laugh at that.
I have not yet reached brutal 12-3/12-6. As far as epics, I have a few, not the big names in show business; Jizoh and Shaman the game provided. My epic dwarf is Runekeeper Dazdurk, also have someone called Aina. That is it; Raid is not a big payoff for me, I wish it was better but it isn't. Meanwhile I have to swim in an ocean of how much better others have it.
Today is day 23, at day 30 I will get High Katun. My score level is 38, player power 141k. In the CB I am almost up to getting one million on EASY, but still shy of the 20 turns they want. Great Hall for me is pitiful, have gotten seveal medals but it takes me forever to win 50 battles just to get a bronze medal. I am about L7 or so on the dungeons and keeps, trying to make some masteries.
In gems I made it a priority to get to L3 on the gem mine, also have 500 gems atm. I do what I can in the factions but can only do a few cuz I do not have the champs for all the factions. Which I understand is not what is desirable at this point.
I have been saving all my books, so far I only have used and fully booked Athel and Warmaiden. If I get diabolist I will make the budget arena team of spirithost, warmaiden, diabolist, and athel.
Some will read this and say that by now I should have this and done that, but too bad, it is what it is and I am slowly plodding along. I find success when and where I can.