Nope.....not really....

Failed in rolling 5s servants salt > unlimited grinding salt works

That...sort of true. Getting a 5*, you will feel great joy. Levelling, way too easy with strong friends. Not to mention, you can sell the leftover EXP cards (silver and gold) for 1 Mana Prism each. Ascending a 5*...let me quote myself.

"GAAAAAH S***F*** I HAD ENOUGH OF LEVELLING SKILLS LET ME ASCEND MARIE, BROKAS FERGUS, AND UNCLE VLADDIE ALREADY"

I remeber back in the start trying to Ascend Jeanne. All of my QP.... Gone

I welcome that hell as long as I can get at least one copy of my waifu/s.

Saving up Prys--err, Saint Quartz to do more 10 summon. A 4-star is more than appreciated. A 5-star will be a blessing and a curse at the same time. Wish me luck?

It's been hilariously easy as long as you've kept up with the events what with their generous mat rewards and free NP5 4* servants.

the material hunting was hell PERIOD.
it's like double unlock for talon of chaos, and heart of foreign god...

I thought I would be happy once I got 5* servants. But turns out the amount of time and resources needed to actually get them to a usable level is fucking hell. Not to mention the exp crystals only go up to 4 stars and the whole great success is pure bullshit. 5 gold exp card, nothing. A 1* exp card, GREAT SUCESS! A bunch of bullshit.

If anything the best servants are the event servants because they ONLY require 1 simple event items to accend.

The game has a 1/2 AP bonus for EXP dailies right now that I'm abusing with all my strength. Ascension materials are a pain in the ass to collect normally, but I've gotten enough from the events and random grinding to be comfortable.

I'd say not getting what you want is the most irritating part of F/GO or any card game in general. I can sit on 51 million QP, 30 golden exp cards per 3 quests and a metric ton of ascension materials forever and it wouldn't matter because I don't have what I want.