What's the roadmap now?

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Hey, I just came back into the game, there are so many new things. My question is what should I focus on now:

Finished all normal/hard scenarios. And all conquest.(no challenge)

\-These are my generals, what skills should I put on which general(cause they all have rumor, but new skills seems to be more popular).

\-Are they enough?(I am struggling a bit to do challenges cause I have no elite troops(I can't do 3\* + events).

\-Should I max them up or dismiss meta irrelevant gens and recruit more powerful ones?

\-Should I max them up cause they are enough?

\-Where am I in the game progression mid or late?

(f2p btw)