Well for at least half a year or so, you will be focusing on getting your gears up. Once that is done, you start amassing lots of common items. I usually look for sages once I get to the point I have lots of items and have little to do. Isn't that the end game for advies?
Why does there need to be an "end game"?
Is there an "end game" for nobles?
In a game you can't
win, how can you even say there
is an "end game"?