AdreNaLiNe
Veteran XX
None of that bothers me as long as the PvP content is good. WoW is the only MMO I've played where I got sick of the PvP content and went to PvE.
I remember the original HWL grinds and some people who played a very unhealthy amount of hours. Since that all stopped I don't know of anyone who I could honestly say is so addicted that they've had to drop real life activities or lose their employment over the game.
I look forward to playing now because slowly but surely we've almost filled a 10man with former guildmates as they come and go. We "retired" about 2 years ago (week 1 or 2 of ToC10/25 release) and most never came back. People show up for 2.5-3 hours 1-2 times a week and if we're missing someone we simply don't raid and nobody gets butt hurt about it.
My wife has a good friend who is an addiction specialist and she had a couple people back in the HWL grind days come to her after losing jobs and contemplating suicide after weeks of playing WoW literally 20+ hours a day. She hasn't had a client since then with that addiction (she primarily deals with gambling addiction), but of course that's only one person and it doesn't mean they no longer exist.