Sure, take a break. You’ll either come back because you miss the atmosphere/ gameplay or stay away because it feels right. I myself kind of struggled with HOT - it took too much effort to complete. I didn’t like the zones and story. I quit half way and moved on to POF. Loved every second of it. Mastered the raptor, the springer, the skimmer and the jackal. Now on my last 3 objectives to get my griffon mount. Guess I’ll get back to HOT and then work on LWS2/3/4 before I get into the icebrood saga. Got the game on 16-4 and have been thoroughly enjoying it ever since. Can’t remember firing up another game since I started this so I get what you’re saying. I feel that GW2 is just fun, don’t have too many goals: progression doesn’t really matter. You can run around in the same gear 5 years from now and still do well in new content. That also means you can easily take breaks without feeling punished, which is good.