It took me 9 months to clear all zones with my first char doing everything (no map icons black, except those that I didn't want to do... i.e. quests that I didn't like/were not appropriate for my char at that moment.) from base alliance area to silver and gold.

I played about 2hs per week day, and maybe an avg of ~8hs on each weekend day, at that time... that's about, ~900hs, if I didn't make a mistake in the (approx.) calculation, though it's surely less since I took a break in the middle and also played other chars too, so I'd go with ~300 to 400hs of content, IMO just for the base game.

As a note, my main character had more than 70 days /played time one year ago (probably more than 80 now... haven't checked lately.)

EDIT: And yes, I voted for the incorrect option... I guessed wrong and then when I thought better I realized that I should have voted for the last options

If you do all solo content, ESO will take approximately a year to "complete." That was before DLC. I do mean all, however. Not just main quests. Main quests can be done within a day, but perhaps over weeks in a more casual pace.

Incase u r on a alt w/ all the gears and max cp, know the quests and go for "completion" all hotspots, quests, lorebooks, skyshards, worldbosses (assuming u can beat them alone and dont have to wait for respawn or other players) base/silver/gold take 8~10 hours per zone. (120~150 hours)
Coldharbour and craglorn aswell (16~20), worthgar and vvardwarkisland should take a bit longer (30~40), hews/goldcoast same (7~11), faster when u have stealthy gear, slower when u r not used to that. the starter islands 1~2 hours each (3~6). mainstory and guilds 10~20 hours.
So 186~247 hours, include listening to dialogue, playing relaxed (or not being in a hurry), backtracking, solving puzzles for the first time, drop and redo quests for stuck/wrong choice, waiting for respawns, horsespeed not maxed or no horse, higher ttk (no cp, no gear), dependance on other players for bosses...u r far far above 300 hours.

As a new player (having a job), if u enjoy stories and questing, base/silver/gold can entertain u for a year maybe. And than there r 4 more classes to try out and they come with so much different specs u could try...

Clearing all overland content, 300+ easy.

You figure each zone used to net you 10+ levels and 5 zones would get you to VR1 (which would get you to Silver)

Figure the same again for the other two alliances puts you to 150, and that doesn't include the 1000's of little side quests, etc.

So if you're listening to every dialogue, 300 is likely a very low estimate, I would think.

You are asking this question as if there is an end to it. I've done the main quests, still working on Caldwells Quest. I still have Orsinium to finish, Vvardenfell, Dark brotherhood and thieves guild. Oh, and then the new stuff that is coming out. I've only completed half of the provinces quests, collected less than ¼ of the lore books .... So much left to do, 300 hours won't even get it started.

i think around 1000+ and i just started last may xD, tho havent been on the past few months due to life catching up to me, ughh!!
edit: finished cadwell's gold now gonna back track all the way to finished all the quest on each zones, oh also havent touched the wrothgarr yet

More than 300 hours of doing pointless stuff that's what you can do

If you read probably 500h to be honest but I don't think someone have that patience

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That's a bad example you're just a lil bit lost you can get from 0 to 9 Undaunted in 3h farming vet dungeons one after another not really a hood example of longevity.

I am not lost at all, your assuming I want to level Undaunted. And, your missing the point I was making. I have played this game this long without doing much group activity.

Said this before on other threads, but I've been playing for three YEARS without running out of content.