WB I suppose.

I just returned as well. I didn't leave due to raid grind, I refused to do it. Had no desire to, had no intentions of doing it, still don't.

I left when housing first came to be and I'm a born again noob right now. I'll need a week or two just to learn my crafting rotations and figure out why I only have 8 slots free in a 450 slot inventory and what to get rid of.

I can tell you from memory, getting your crafts all to 50 is a grind but a very casual capable one and you can do it through leve quests. Take your time, gather when crafting is boring, craft when gathering is boring. Be sure to fish. It has a certain fun factor to it.