Even if you traveled back in time and told me exactly one year ago that I'd be crossing 200k damage in a year, I would've called you delusional and kept farming.
Back then, I was very much happy with my C0R1 Mavuika(No Citlali) team back then which barely crosses 100k on the dummy.
Then I was pulling for Neuvillette's weapon... and somehow lost the 50/50 to Zibai's signature. Pairing her with C2 Illuga, my damage jumped to 125–128k. That became my personal record for the longest time.
I remember thinking: "Alright, if I get Linnea, maybe she'll push this team to 140k+. That's probably as good as it gets for me."
Man, was I wrong.
I had no idea Illuga would share the banner with Linnea. Long story short — while going for C6 Illuga, pulled two copies of Linnea but he still wasn't C6(I needed his last copy).
With only 3 days left on the banner, I was completely broke. I scraped together every last primogem, did some desperate exploration, and managed to scrape exactly 10 pulls.
I threw them in... and on the very last one, I got his final copy and completed C6 Illuga 😭
The difference is actually insane.
With just C1 Linnea, my Zibai team was already hitting 180–188k. Now with full C6 Illuga + the extra Linnea investment... we finally broke 200k.
TLDR: From "100k is pretty good" to "200k is my new normal" in one year. The powercreep is real, the gacha pain was real, but the satisfaction? Even more real.