Ok, so I am about to pull the trigger on upgrading my shitty thrown together parts on me MTB, from Altus/Acera combo I want to get something better.
It was supposed to be 2x Deore, a bit of an overkill for a shopcart bike which also goes on 30-50km+ rides but now I see Shimano already is phasing out these lower groups for Cues.

Anyone knows if I want to go with Cues?
As I have said, city rides with occasional offroad rides for which a "gr*vel" bike would be shopped to me extensively, I want it to hold together bad shifting without reindexing every 2 weeks, to trade off sturdiness for any type of weightweenism or shifting smoothness.

I also don't know yet if I hate 1x groupset yet but many bert opinions seem to suggest it sucks in versatility and durability and just today I had to shift to my smallest cog (3x front) to ride up the kurwasee embankment.
So I am heavily leaning to a 2x setup.