Yeah but that's where the time sink aspect comes in though, truthfully even though I also played at competitive levels back in the days (up to world top 50ish kills) and of course I miss the competitive aspect, as well as the social one that came from the guilds etc, the allure of modern wow was that I did have all these options to experience content and catch up without having to commit to a schedule. And TBH it did work pretty well last time I tried like a year ago, lots to do solo, lots of catch up mechanics, lots of ways to join random groups etc. But yeah it doesn't feel the same as playing with a committed group and that's probably what I actually miss from the game.

Funny that you played with asmon that's some lore right there lol.