This might have been discussed before however, as we rank up our heroes.
The effectiveness of the fodder is greatly reduced. While the progressiveness is fine so far, it might be worth considering in the future to have an event where one is able to pull fodders that is focused on training the hero that you want, sort of an incentive for players to make that grind not as monotonous.
Especially more so for players who don't have the money to pull gold summons to feed their heroes.