Level 64, worth starting again?

I would recommend it yes. I wrote a guide on this very process that you can view on the website in my signature. Or you can watch the video version of it below.

There are a ton of advantages gained from knowing what you are doing when you first start playing and rising to the top from day one.

However, if you spend money on the game, don't put it towards chromium packs. Buy the dark side starter pack, a crystal subscription and possibly a crystal vault as well and put your crystals to work in pushing your early level / resource advantage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqFX5aEDO8U

Starting over is not the answer. Invest in what you have and don't do 80 do the 100 option so you get all the bonus shards. Just keep plugging away!

Why not just buy the max crystal vault? Farm Catania +1 or 2, LS/DS for gear +4 refreshes.

Since some people are recommending that you invest money in your current account rather than start a new one, let me give you a mathematical analysis.

If you're currently around rank 200 and have been playing for a couple months, you've received 60 crystals a day for the past 60 days or 3600 crystals total. Whereas everyone in the top 10 that has been playing from the beginning has received 250-500 crystals per day for the past 2 months. They all have gained 15,000-30,000 crystals since you started playing. Buying a crystal vault at this point won't close the gap for you to catch the leaders. This isn't even considering how many resources they gained from unlocking GW before everyone else and from the extra 100-300 arena tokens they earned each day.

My point is that this system is setup to make the rich get richer. And you're swimming upstream if you're trying to catch those leaders this late in your account progress. Starting over will give you a fresh start and allow you to do things right and make yourself a top tier player from the beginning.

I have thought of buying crystals and farming. I currently have 38/80 Barriss, but can only farm from ls and ds battles, level 69 is needed to farm in Cantina. On the flip side I can buy Barriss at the start for half the amount?

How much would it cost to farm Barriss from 38/80 to a usable level for example.

It's a tricky one

I have been playing for about a month, but have seen people on here who have started after, made smart decisions and are top 20, or am I missing something?

If you start over, spend the money on crystals and buy refreshes smartly as people has said, BUT add at least 1 arena refresh per day. It helps a lot to get extra rsnk early in a new server. Use those crystals gained un the arena and keep leveling fast. That give you a competitive este over the rest. Stay top 10 at least and you'll have a strong start. Then spend your resources wisely, now that you know what chars you like/want.

Thing about this game is there is a lot of down time. You can always create a new account and still progress the old account, without being overwhelmed. Now if you like getting the overwhelmed feeling then make 4+ accounts!

Great advice and I just started a new account, bought a £3.99 pack and got a 4* Barriss, so stoked!!!

Will keep you updated on progress and thanks for the advice.