Well, I could comment on this, but I have no opinion on breaks. I'm even eagerly awaiting the next event, despite being new.
That said, I do kinda lean towards lolix's viewpoint, in this sense that I think it's better for a game to have some level of newbie friendliness. Of course my gripe isn't with the pacing of events, but with the number of things that are rather unclear for a new player and how easy it is to make rather dire mistakes....