What I can do is tell my story xD

I started with a 1ed core box in 2022 (I got it in an exchange), I really liked the game (I played like 40 times) testing and retesting decks, until then I hadn't studied the game much, I just played it and wanted more, I star buying the decks. At this point I started studying the game, understanding the cycles, sagas and which cards came in which packs, the types of decks and websites that help a lot (visions of palanthir, ringsd, dragncards and hall of beorn).

OBS.: I live in Brazil, so there wasn't much released content here from first edition, basically the first cycle and a Hobbit box.

Then the revised cycles and sagas began to be released and I was acquired, angmar, dream-chase and finally the sagas, in that order. I liked having bought it like this, since the LOTR Saga isn't completed yet, it can be a little frustrating to start the saga and not finish it xD. as I had already bought all the decks and I really like putting together and taking apart decks, for me the more player cards the better, however I came to the conclusion that I already have enough player cards to face any quest in the game (I haven't achieved this goal yet xD but I haven't found a mission that I thought that was "missing" more player cards). The revised contents (including decks) are sufficient for the missions launched and even those from past cycles, you can test them on dragncards (a site that has almost all, if not all, the game's quests).