I like how I don’t have to use every skill on the skill bar to kill weak mobs like in other MMOs. It is way more boring. Yah , sure pressing #1 to kill the weak mob isn’t very exciting but at least you arent killing your fingers/wrists every time you engage something.
Other games like WoW or Aion you have to use every skill that you learn on simple AI mobs out in the open world just to kill them without losing all of your health. Not to mention the kill stealing or competing to tag a mob before someone else does.
Less is more in some cases and it shows true in GW2’s combat.