I'm a long time reader of the Mag board, I go back to the old board. So far back a 10k mana pool was uber.
Right now I've been playing again after about a 2 year hiatus. Towards the end of my stay I had all the essential AA's I needed and I was geared as good as I was going to get without raiding. I just don't have the ambition to raid anymore. I used to like to raid though, I even was in the top 10 on my server back in the SOD expansion era.
I've raided, grouped and soloed a lot so I can relate to everyone's perspective, especially when it comes to pets and DPS. There's always issues but compared to the old days, it's vastly easier. Still though, in raiding pets can be disappointing to say the least. That's still the main gripe when it comes to pets.
Right now I've just dinged 93 (7 more to go

See you around,
Eaedyilye