It took me a while to get HFBC - unsure the exact amount of time (been it a fee times, and HLBC before that). Grats Draxton - SS forever!!!!
It doesn't matter if you have played for 6 months or 5 yrs and finished. I've got 3 years and no where near finished. War, OSW, stripping and general craziness makes the game, not racing to finish a build. Take time to learn the game, hit the Battle List, do Wars, get involved in PvP. There is much more to this than buying seals and doing HTE 24/7.