I was here for just over a year, left for just under 2 because of Xbox/Internet issues, and then came back like 6 months ago. During my little "hiatus" I still lurked the forums on and off, but no XBL or anything so I was pretty much a ghost.
So really I only have about 6 months more wartime than you do. And when they call it the Never-Ending War, it's not much of an exaggeration. I joined partway through and it still took up about 10 of my first 12 months here.
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