I have no any problem of catch up, back in Feb 2017 when I'm fresh in Nutaku side.
I use only about nearly 2 months to boost myself from zero to 400k TP.
From that day until now, I didn't see any change much in the game.

Event that player can easy complete.
Story mode that player can play when they have free time.
Re-issue that player can skip.
This game don't have any real competitive content, player can freely develop themself as they want.

I do agree with A Time to Screw, about old player retention.
I have 22 ally left since my last login during X-mas.
Less than 10 still login in this past week, other gone for at least 3 months.
Severals ally gone for 280+ days.

I'm a 'since first event' player. I only do the events now. I never did the expanded main storyline, I only did whaleship/nation battles a couple of times. Never got second affection on or bloomed any girls. I still like the game, but the time to do everything isn't really available for me anymore, and the events are the only thing that I would truly miss out on if I didn't play at all, so for me the rest of the game is on hold.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I only do the events now.

unless i need flower gems or sun metals to get bloom items, this is me now...

unless i can farm stuff to get this higher anyway:

I've been playing since July 2016 (a few days before the end of Lechenaultia's initial release event) and outside of a two week period last year I've been logging in daily. The game was much simpler back then which probably helped keep me from getting overwhelmed. Back then there were active event missions and that was it; by the time Lavender's event became a permanent reissue my squads were strong enough to survive 80 stamina stages without getting TOO beat up. Granted, having helper squads that could seal the deal in case Astra Galus and Friends got wiped out didn't hurt.

Nation battles were way off in the future along with whale battles too so after logging in it was again mostly a matter of chipping away in whatever the current event was, maybe with some manyu or dragon collecting depending on what day it was. I might have burned a flower gem or six on reissued events to collect the event Knights I'd missed out on the first time around (Lavender to Leche).

I've been playing since Day 1 tho I have missed a few days here and there I have managed to get a copy of each and every event girl at the time of the events. I just hit 727 days login if that helps get a sense for how long that is. For me right now it's all about the blooms and Life Crystals, those petals are the only thing holding me back right now.

If any new players read this:

Get 6* Dendrobium and get 5* Cymbidium. level them up . Add any girl you get to fill team.
This is your daily sweeper team that will beat 99% of what is there.

Farm the reprint events and get all the girls with 1.2 Skill activation.
Get Kerria, level her, and put those girls on the team.
This will beat anything.

Good Luck.

Dendrobium is amazing for the whale missions since all the enemies on the ultimate stages hit like a truck. Dont just use her for Hit stages, use her on your first squad for every attribute mission.