I've played WoW pvp for over a decade and completely don't agree with OP.
First of all, in the current state every WoW class has multiple surv CDs and access to heal, in pvp resulting in exactly what the OP is accusing gw2.
Secondly, WoW requires much less skill because:
- it's tab target combat
- it has GCD
This result in much slower gameplay and more of planning ahead and saving CDs for when enemies use their CDs, it's more like a chess game.
Everytime I came back to gw2 from wow i got rekt in pvp, being surprised how quick and punishing it is, and th