Anyone here an off-again/on-again player? I think I might just be.
I played very heavily during Wrath of the Lich King and early Cataclysm but I tapered off once I started college. Didn't really play much during Pandaria, missed most of that. Warlords of Draenor I gave up on due to not giving a shit. I thought I had the motivation to actually go somewhere with Legion, even leveled a new mage just for the expansion, did 1-100 in two months and got a good foothold- finished Val'sharah and got all my artifact weapons. But I lost my drive for some reason. Now I'm back and it's almost over. Again.
My account has scattered proof of "I was there when it was (almost) current". I have several of the old class quest weapons like the Whirlwind Axe, and a Sword of Omen. I've got a Bronze Drake from Heroic CoS. I have most of the 5-man DPS plate from the Dragon Soul 5-mans, which is one of my absolute favorite sets. My LFR Gaze of Arrogance is from a long-gone priest I burned a 90 boost on. And for WoD I guess I have my Iron Starlette, my Bronze Whelpling and "Of the Iron Vanguard" title. My Legion one is probably finishing all the pre-launch invasion sets and getting a few of the weapons, along with my new Demon Hunter having the warglaives from that for transmog.
I don't have any of the characters that did that stuff now, but I think BfA will be the first expansion in a while where I'll have the time/motivation to actually achieve anything. I am definitely going back through and trying out some of the older content at some point, though. I want to finish all 12 order hall campaigns and maybe see some of the older story stuff.
So is anyone else this kind of player? I think it was a simple matter of growing up for me- when I started I was a freshman in high school, now I'm an adult with a full-time job. I never really had the time to be a hardcore player and I still don't. And that's fine with me.