the only point I will comment on is the above (the rest as you've rightly said is all personal opinion) but how does having 10 (not including weapon swapping or the Ele class) skills make this a 'non skilled console game'? To use your goto reference game, WoW and its 40 skills, 36 of which you will use once every few hours, is more skill based'? Combat in WoW feels so static to me opposed to, imo, a very fluid and dynamic combat system in GW2, part of which is due to the removal of the trinity.
I am an ex-Glad, I also want to point out WoW has been utter poo since TBC and I don't play anymore, I don't want people think I'm a fan boy comparing the two. I had around 40 keybinds, I'd say I used 20 of those every arena game, if not more, (Think focus target macros etc), 1 of the abilities in GW2 is an auto attack, let's take that out. So we're down to 9, let's add weapon swap in, we're up to 13, because remember, 1 is an auto attack, and you're skills don't swap. We'll talk sPvP, because that's what Dist mentioned below and it's probably the easiest place to stick to. And we'll say I'm using dual daggers and dual pistols so I can actually use as many skills as possible not just having my shortbow and daggers. (This is very generic so my apologies) I'd start with pistols, moving towards a target, Unload, that's number 3, switch to daggers, use number 4, it's a cripple, if I'm close enough use Heartseeker (Number 2) to get close and do some damage, Cloak and Dagger (Number 5) into stealth then Backstab (Number 1) out, rinse and repeat, if I get low I'll use my heal ability and Backstab out of it, chances are they are very dead or I am by this point. Normally them.
I count 7 abilities including a weapon switch and auto attacks. I know a lot of this may be my class and the fact I didn't include "cooldown" abilities, but there is no way I got away with using so few abilities in WoW. I knew I'd be over zealous on some things, but you could throw this game onto a console and play it just as well, or more so use a control pad of some sort and just use modifiers with shoulder buttons etc and play it.
I will agree, combat feels more fluid, but that's simply because it's a newer game and it's more interactive, you can choose to dodge things so you feel like you're having a bigger effect on the fight, at the end of the day you're still pressing a button that makes your character do an ability that does between X and Y or applies Z, there are still parameters involved apart from maybe the fact that your swings hit multiple things as opposed to a single target.
Monkey00 if you think 10 skills (which is not true since you can swap weapons/attunements/kits, and if you don't swap then maybe that's why you dislike the game as you are not playing it right) requires no skill, please go ahead and play sPvP against some good players and let me know how it turns out.
You also said there is nothing in this game which isn't a grind, yet my entire leveling process was without grinding (although it still wasn't as fun as leveling in SWTOR). Once you are 80 there is bit of a grind for gear but it's expected to take a bit of effort to get some gear.
Hi Dist, it's Osiris. I think I answered most of the skill use stuff above, I'm not sure what you mean by attunements? But weapons like I said above, you're on 13, 15 if you really want to push it, gear you can't change mid fight so it's irrelevant and I'm assuming attunements are talents maybe, if so, again, you can't change them mid fight. I have played sPvP, and it's boring, I know I didn't get what I expected from it, but it's not exactly difficult. I remember the HWL grind in AB, sPvP feels a bit like when my premade met a PuG and we all got giddy on Vent.
On the topic of leveling, I'll agree, it is the most enjoyable part of the game, I'm currently leveling an alt and that's what I'm enjoying more than end game. And of course gear should be hard to get, I have no problem with that, I spent a lot of time farming for my gear. But my problem is that there is nothing but grinding at end game, and I don't think anyone can disagree with that, because there isn't, you grind dynamics, WvW or instances.
Have to agree with this.
As you say personal opinion, would never challenge on that as it's up to personal preferences but if you are playing this right you should never just be using the 10. You should be utilising all 20 if you want max out and do as well as you can and as a long term (ex) wow player the combat is so much more dynamic. Heck I even still remember my DK, Pala, Druid and Hunter rotations despite not playing in over 6 month
But I get the feeling this game certainly isn't for all, I had 4 mates join me in this (all ex Wow) 2 have gone back, 2 have stayed. The 2 who stayed were mainly pvp'ers, the two who went were mainly pve'ers says it all really
shame the game couldn't offer a little more pve but there is still plenty of time!
Like I said above, there's not 20, you can't change utilities mid fight. And PvE is a bit different, I remember my rotations too, but that's because you're trying to maximise an output, if I was to ask you to do the max damage you could on a target in GW2 that wasn't going to attack you, I'm sure you'd know how to.
I don't know if any of this has come across incredibly blunt, but I'm typing in this tiny text box and moving up and down is impossible, it's not meant to be
I'm just giving my opinion and responding to what folk have said.
) and glory hounds. Taking easy advantage of those who are playing well and bottling when it requires effort and teamwork 
I don't get the chance to play obscene hours so I can't get in at all this week, very frustrating. Though at least I will get on next week when the Frogs are stomping us 
best thing is it is free so you can pop back later without losing out 