I have characters on both factions...although my first imp is level 39. I have two pub 50s and a 45. I am on the Shadowlands server now.
Had several friends on the PVE server was my main reason. Add to the fact I had extremely shitty internet for the first 5 months of the game. Hughesnet sucks balls for gaming.
If anyone is interested, there is a two week event going on currently and a digital expansion with level cap increase coming this spring.
Downloaded the patch, will probably give it a shot tomorrow. Just created a new WoW character though, so I dunno how much I will play.
I just play it casually for the pvp - most fun part IMO after you go through a class story or 2 or 3. The raiding was fun but its hard to find a reliable guild and also commit the time to do it.. And also find a raid group that has open spots... Because most groups are too l337 at this point and don't take random scrubs like me.