You know you don’t have to read or see every scene for all the story parts that unlock dungeons/raids etc

I just came back after I stopped playing at the beginning of ShB, and while I definitely payed attention to the main story and other tidbits, I didn’t do that for a lot of side content like raids and stuff as long as I got the gist of it I am good.

I only read and see each scene if it pertains to the main characters for the other stuff as long as I got the general idea of what’s going on I am good.

Of course that said the game is incredibly lengthy, and hoping to start from the very beginning and all the way to where we are now is incredibly draining so breaks are warranted.