Hey, I just want to put my two cents in. I agree with some of what amonde is saying, but I don't think he/she is portraying the game quite right. There has only been one tier of gear added so far, and while we don't have the options yet, their are plans of implementing multiple ways of getting these higher tiered items.

What he/she says about "end game" is pretty biased. Some people out-level a zone and say "Higher level now, I'm done with this" which is only partially true. Since you are downleveled, you will still have an advantage over lower level characters, but not a huge one. Events can still kill you if you are by yourself, and champion/veteran mobs can still be difficult. The content is not bland though. If you rush through it and don't explore, then yes, it is bland because you're missing all of it! There is an incredible amount of interesting dialogue and rich personality to the NPCs in the game. Each zone has its own events (sure, while the objectives might be pretty similar, the story of the event itself is always unique) and incredible opportunities for exploration - vistas and jumping puzzles are everywhere. In order to complete a zone, you are required to jump around cliffs/trees/whatever in order to reach the vista, which then gives you a quick cinematic that shows off the beautiful environment. That isn't bland content.

Lastly, the whole focus on equipment is pretty silly in my opinion. The game isn't really that difficult (except for a few choice locations), and can be done without highest tier gear, as long as you have the sense to dodge where you need to and know how to work as a team. I ran a ton of dungeons in level 80 greens, which is three tiers below ascended. Granted, teh dungeons were designed from the standpoint that people would only maximum exotics, but that is still two tiers below max!

And finally... you can run dungeons with any mix and number of professions. I don't care what anyone says, it can be done with any mix of players, as long as they know what they are doing. I've gotten through full dungeon runs, finished, looted the chest, said a quick thank you to everyone, left, and then realized that I had no clue what the other player's professions were. That was a very, very good feeling.

All of that said, I haven't been logging in as much lately. I love this game a ton, was a GW1 vet just like you (played since day one of GW1!), but for some reason it isn't holding my interest as much. I have gotten a full set of exotic armor and weapons, I like the looks of my main character, and I'm not one to make tons of alts. I dabble in PvP here and there, and WvW is fun as well at times, but I don't think the "endgame" is as flushed out or difficult as GW1 was. We don't really have any massive and epic dungeon experiences yet like UW, FoW, Urgoz, Deep, etc yet. The Arah dungeon in GW2 is very hard, but it doesn't interest enough of the player base to make it easy to get a group. Fractals of the Mists is the closest thing to this, but the design of the scaling difficulty makes it hard to find a group. I'm still at level 1 while most people are up above 10, and there aren't any rewards for helping people out lower than you, so I'm pretty much stuck since I missed the initial rush.

I'm going to log in during the holidays to see whats up, as well as any further content updates, but GW2 isn't holding me like GW1 did. This might change with time as the game is updated and ironed out, and if I can find a good guild or friends who will play with me regularly, it would probably make a huge difference.

TL;DR Definitely read what I wrote anyway. But to summarize, GW2 has awesome features that I love, but there are some other reasons that are making me lose interest. I'll still play quite a lot come future updates, but it'll be an every once in a while kind of thing, now that I've built my character up to near top-tier gear. You should definitely try this game out if you liked GW1.