Justin.5231, I am in same position as you right now. I have had the game since launch since I loved the first series of GW. But I have been off and on for few weeks to a few months at a time over the years. For myself though I didn't get involved in the raiding or dungeon aspect of this game compared to what I did with WoW. And just as you, paths needed to acquire the ascended, and legendary gear was a major turn off for me. I tried going for master crafting also and just couldn't finish it. One other issue I didn't see you mention though, are the classes. Out of the nine possible I currently have five that are level 80 and one at level 66 and a couple of those were leveled with the scrolls from birthday gifts or ones from getting the expansions. So for me when coming back and then trying to stay, which class to play. Not knowing which classes are good vs bad for general PVE or fun vs boring. On a personal note, I have always wanted to make a warrior but just couldn't agree on a race. Anyways I will keep an eye on this topic and see if others can have more input with this.
Justin.5231, I am in same position as you right now. I have had the game since launch since I loved the first series of GW. But I have been off and on for few weeks to a few months at a time over the years. For myself though I didn't get involved in the raiding or dungeon aspect of this game compared to what I did with WoW. And just as you, paths needed to acquire the ascended, and legendary gear was a major turn off for me. I tried going for master crafting also and just couldn't finish it. One other issue I didn't see you mention though, are the classes. Out of the nine possible I currently have five that are level 80 and one at level 66 and a couple of those were leveled with the scrolls from birthday gifts or ones from getting the expansions. So for me when coming back and then trying to stay, which class to play. Not knowing which classes are good vs bad for general PVE or fun vs boring. On a personal note, I have always wanted to make a warrior but just couldn't agree on a race. Anyways I will keep an eye on this topic and see if others can have more input with this.