I've been on a break of sorts for a couple of months - this past one for Oblivion Remastered, I hadn't played the original since it was on 360 and never finished it, the month+ previous for Baldur's Gate 3. Plus it was getting a little stale playing ESO after playing it for years and knowing it like the back of my hand. So I'm in standby mode until June.

Haven't had a break since 2018. I'm pushing for 3600 cp before I'll consider a break. I should be there by Nov. or Dec. Even then I doubt I'll stop playing for any length of time. However, doing ten random dungeons a day gets old. Who knows. Cheers.

It's even better to take a break during an event with limited time rewards. Seriously. It helps put the game into perspective. Well, it did for me because when I miss these things, it feels great because I realize it just doesn't matter at all.

I've been taking a break by playing Oblivion. It's been great.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Breaks are a bit necessary when theres other titles to play and so little time. Because of Oblivion Remastered I'm actively playing three Elder Scrolls games at the same time.

But there's nothing really making me want to get back into ESO atmosphere. I've quested everything, have to wait for Solstice, and I'm not even excited for it.

I've been actively playing five Elder Scrolls games for the past couple of years, and have occasionally played three others in small amounts. ESO is one of those five, and I play for multiple hours each day. But on most days I also play some Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Oblivion. On rare occasions I might crank up Skyrim to do some radiant quests or just run around, but it's been a long time since I've touched it. And I started to play Battlespire and Redguard, but didn't get very far in either.

On top of that, I have several other old game series that I've been trying to get into, such as Wizardry, Might and Magic, AD&D, and The Bard's Tale. But The Elder Scrolls' real-time action-oriented single-character CRPG playstyle holds more appeal to me than games with turn-based strategy and multi-character parties.

I love ESO, and there are days when I play only ESO, for more hours than I'm comfortable admitting to. But I need variety, and playing other games definitely helps to keep me from getting burned out on ESO.

I'd rather take a break from real life to play ESO instead of taking a break from ESO

You got to do what you got to do.
I'm not doing breaks but I've been playing less cause real life always comes first.

Sure, take a break.

Very interesting content is coming with sub-classing and many are coming back. So its fair that some players also take a break.

I've taken breaks for the game before too OP, and it's definitely helpful in terms of either burnout or to make you miss the game and feel fresh when returning. Also, stepping back and remembering the graphics are nice outside too is definitely good hehe

wow glad so many people r doing the same !

Once subclassing is live, I'll be on a more or less permanent break from any serious content. just logging in to be social. I don't like hybridization and subclassing is doubling down on that. At this point ZOS just needs to get rid of classes and stam/mag. So, after years of playing, I'm done.

barney2525 wrote: »

I generally try not to break during +100% experience days

yeah i dint take a break on this exp event got my sorc to 50s with my friends lol

I'll see your bet and raise you one: the game needs to take a break, the code properly fixed and maintained, so it seems more like a functional system instead of a rickety mess held together with hopes and dreams. We'll work on the "brilliant additional content" ideas another day.

i went on break in 2018. Only came back last month to try subclassing and well i got all the chapters for $25 a little while back.