That's the rub though, WoW PvP is all but gutted as well for boxing. I've just learned to embrace the PvE lifestyle.

The free trial is definitely the way to go to test it out. Getting every job up to lvl 35 would take quite a bit of time and at that point you'd know for sure if you want to continue or not.

Also it's been out for a couple of years now but they have the endless dungeon, and I'm a huge fan of this. It's a total of 200 floors that are completely randomized and you do them in chunks of 10 at a time with the difficulty ramping up. Obviously if you grind it out incessantly it'll get dull but it's an amazing option.
It has no barring on your gear and uses a different system so you can jump in as a lvl 20 and be just as effective as a max lvl player.