Returning Player

I started this game day 1 and spent a lot of time grinding and beefing up my defense. Ultimately I ended up quitting after I invested near $200 USD with only 4* cards to show for it. It was pretty frustrating to drop a lot of cash and time into the game only to see new players surpass all my efforts with 6* cards on their initial draws.

I was just wondering, has the game changed for the better?
Is now a good time to return? Are any of my cards even worth anything?
Any strats for landing a 6* without forking over the cash?
Is Mina any good?
How come all the top event scorers are brand new accounts?

Anyway, thanks for your time.

your 'ancient' rank/reward 4*s must be worth quite a fortune if you own any
the TE market crashed and burned
you can buy an okay 6* for 50-70TE now
we just got our first 7* yesterday so the 6* market will come crashing down even more in the near future
now is a good time to rejoin especially if you have some TE stashed somewhere (it's extremely valuable now, moreso than ever before, and it's only gonna increase)

your 'ancient' rank/reward 4*s must be worth quite a fortune if you own any

I quit right before the first event, so I'm guessing that's a no?

I have 40 TE stashed away. Maybe I can buy a 6* soon.

I'm also curious about why new players keep appearing on the rare card reports

because they buy packs?
duh

also if you're a new player u automatically get a setup pack opportunity whether there is a current step up pack available for everyone or not
so presumably lot of top rankers create new accounts to benefit from the step ups all the time and not just wait for official step ups

Don't you have to register your device in order to trade cards? Is there a work around for this?

If you can afford to buy multiple packs/step ups you can afford to have multiple devices.

you can get a 6* with 40TE. the question is, whether or not you can wait a few more weeks or not. GOOD 6*s will be that price soon lol