Devs hate progression

I really love this game, but can’t stand everything added that just makes it harder to progress. For one, fame. Why does it exist except to waste your rewards? It gives you absolute nothing towards real progression. There are plenty of other ways to implement this where 20% of your rewards aren't going towards a useless fame meter. Second, events. Why mix event rewards with normal rewards? Pretty much every other game I’ve played has event rewards completely separate. Since, the devs mix it with regular rewards, you are essentially forced to participate even if the event is trash. Plus, all the event related rewards go away as soon as the event is over, which is fine if these rewards were optional and not forced. Plus it also doesn’t help that the events are average at best and extremely repetitive. Every event is pretty much just the same, they give brawlers additional buffs you can unlock that go away once the event is over. They are other features purposely implement to make progression harder, but these are the main two that really bug me.