I don’t want to whale on a gacha just to beat people in PvP or co-op leaderboards, but I’m not that into single players. Once I’ve done the storyline there, I’m just waiting months for more story to come out.
I like multiplayer because it keeps me engaged. Even awful monetized games like Watcher of Realms keeps me better than Arknights because it has daily guild co-op content.
I heard Snowbreak does an interesting PvP balance thing and Counterside is meant to be F2P friendly for some reason for the co-op as well. Anything else worth checking on? Nothing pay to win if possible. F2P or low spend should at least have a chance at winning on skill.