Anyway, I spent my first few weeks in Daggerfall just hanging out in the town just south of Privateer's Hold, doing quests for the Fighters Guild, the Temple of Z'en, and (once they finally deemed me worthy of joining) the Mages Guild. This has helped familiarize me with most of the different dungeon building blocks that make up most of the standard dungeons, not to mention getting much better at using the 3D automapping feature which made my head spin at first. I'm now (usually) able to find all of the "hidden" areas which can only be accessed by using portals or by figuring out how to open locked trapdoors.
Unfortunately, I finally decided to go to Daggerfall to begin the Main Quest, and now it seems like each stage is coming up more quickly than I'd prefer. I was level 8 when I started, so I guess that's why completing one stage leads almost immediately to the next stage coming up. I feel like I'm being rushed into doing each stage when I'd actually like to go back to doing quests for the Mages Guild and Temple of Z'en for a while. It's those time limits which are making me feel rushed or pressured, because when I read a letter and it mentions a time period-- even a vague one, such as "before the end of next season"-- it makes me think that I'd better go talk to that person or else I might miss the window of opportunity. Are those time references actually meaningful, or can I safely ignore reading and acting upon the letters without suffering any negative consequences?

