Back in the day, I played WoW like everyone else. Sure, I purchased TBC, and WoTLK but I actually never got into playing either of them. WoW just couldn't tame my attention span like other games could. I stopped at level 56 after I got sick of the truest thing that sort of irked me, it was that I was just lining blizzard's pockets, as I didn't play for lengths of time at random intervals. I grew bored, and moved on. Canceled my subscription, quit my guilds. But, the thing is...

I miss it.

Friends and other people are saying it's easier to level up to 60/70/80 and that it's more rewarding and easier to get money and that all of the players are off doing things in the higher-level zones and yadda yadda.

So, through the fuzz and fuddle, is it true and should I go back?

Attn: Money is no object at the time.

WoW is great, no game offers the content, updates and attention that it offers. However, it being the 800 pound gorilla in the room it is always eyed with contempt. Ya know people always have the attitude that they are too cool to play the mainstream game, but apparently someone is playing right?

Northrend is beautiful and fun to play through, Outlands is some of my favorite content in the game... so ultimately if you quit before leaving Azeroth I think you are doing yourself a diservice by not returning.

I'm actually in the middle of a break right now, my second actually, but I always return. It's really fun to take a break and then start all over. I highly recommend it. If you liked it then, you're going to love it now. They added a bunch of cool stuff for end games, but they also added a lot of small things for everyone. Achievements are fun to collect (kind of like forum badges at Escapist), new mounts, flying mounts, more events, dual talent specs (you can switch between two different talent specs on the fly, arenas, new battlegrounds, new dungeons, etc. etc. etc. You should give it a try again, it's only 15 bucks. If you are bored or don't like it, toss it and cancel the subscription.

60-70 is definately fun, rewarding and very fast.
70-80 is a bit of a grind, it took me a while, i quit and came back while leveling just because of how bored i got, but i was already burned out on the game, you're fresh, and you will love all the new things in TBC and Wotlk. i would suggest trying it again.

Well If money is no object then Play. If you don't like it then you can cancel your subscripton.

If you stopped playing world of warcraft because you were sick of the grinding, then don't expect a dramatic change in the expansions. People say words like 'fast' and 'easy' but they're very misleading. I'd say try it again but don't expect a totally new experience.

I got to 80 then as if by magic, Never wanted to play again.