TL;DR - I'd say it's definitely decent (much better than Shadowlands) but the grind is always going to be there in WoW, I recommend skipping it and playing many other games instead.

I've played WoW on and off since beta and played the first season of Dragonflight. Flying was awesome, grinding is still a thing and like @rhokwar@rhokwar@lemmy.world said if you want to do anything over normal raiding expect to be doing lots of M+. I don't like the timed aspect of M+, everyone is rushing and as a parent sometimes I have to stop the game and go take care of something, thus wasting 4 other people's time. I stopped playing WoW and have honestly really enjoyed just playing other games, when I was playing WoW that was all I had time for (grind grind grind) but now I've played and re-played games that I wouldn't have had time for. I started playing Diablo 4 and it definitely has grind going on but it's much easier to put down after playing for a little bit and the content is amazing. I played the new Starship Troopers FPS and while it's early release it was good fun and I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with that. I also got a Steam Deck and have had fun replaying South Park the stick of truth on the couch while hanging with the family.