I don't spend much time for gaming anymore, because I working and coming late from work, so I play only on weekends. I love Gwent very much. When I start playing it, it's hard to quit. However I also want to play other games, especially when I have such little time for games. I like swinging my sword in "For Honor", but some Gwent quests take a long time to complete, especially those quests that require from me to play with the fraction I usually don't play and don't have good cards. Last weekend, I got quest "play 60 or 50 [don't remember] special cards. I clicked "refresh", thought I would get better quest [boy, I was wrong], and I got new quest - "win 5 times with the faction Skellige". I usually don't play with that faction and didn't bother to collect good cards for this faction. I struggled 2 days and still didn't finish it, still 1 win remaining, lol. Couldn't play "For Honor" because of that. Felt aggravated, but what I could do, really wanted to finish all the quests. Look at my match history, it's horrible lol:
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Sorry to hear that, friend. Used to be in the same boat, but thankfully, my current job pays way better than anything else I'd done before taking less time and energy. It still can be draining and frustrating sometimes, but still, happy to have it after everything else I've taken.
Generally, I can squeeze up to four hours out of every night. Trying to mix with some battle pass or quests grinding didn't prove as a viable way of playing the game for me, though, because even if I managed to achieve a lot, as in, get all the quests and stuff done, then having a good session in some other single- or multiplayer title, I still felt kinda tired, yet not in a good way. I felt like it was an obligation I've put upon myself for whatever reason, and it wasn't one of the obligations you're happy to complete or feel like they're important.
Starting playing Diabotical a lot more now instead of Apex Legends. Glad to know that I can stop playing that as well and enjoy some Bioshock or anything else without a single thoughts of some kind of deadline to collect my rewards or complete some quests.
I don't play Gwent myself, though, lol. Never played Witcher, not one of them! I guess I'll catch up some time after Cyberpunk 2077, but there are many plans to fulfill before that. But I do understand that feeling when you gotta play as a faction or a character or weapon you're not very familiar with or didn't spend enough time on! To me it always feels ten times more difficult and confusing and takes way more time than it should have otherwise.
That Skellige rank of yours really shows the struggle with their quests, though, hope it doesn't happen often!