Depends on what you mean by a new account. I played this game within the first year of release (don't remember the exact start date) then quit until recently. I started playing the game again in January on a new account because I thought my original account was gone but I was able to recover it thanks to facebook connect. So really I started up again in February or March. I doubt I'll ever up catch up in my squad and fleet arenas but I'm okay with this. I have less than 80 characters at 50. My roster is here: https://swgoh.gg/p/757612489/characters/