Dear BioWare, I am... bored.

I'm sorry, but WoW had more content at launch, and more mechanics to work with.
Also, I compare revisiting content like watching a movie. If you just get done watching a movie, of course you aren't going to want to watch the same one again. But if it's been weeks or months since you've seen that movie (and you've watched some other ones since,) it might be interesting to watch again (do you follow?) This is why having 3 to 4 different options in leveling up works. Being so linear in a MMO kills it! And I thought Warhammer was bad...

Until Cataclysm, the vanilla portion of WoW remained relatively untouched, but it still held interest for reasons mentioned above.

I leveled through a mix of questing, flashpoints, and warzones

I still have tons of content I haven't seen at level 48. My alt will be like playing a whole new experience.

I can't relate to you, OP.

I really agree strongly with the OP. I just found myself looking into my number X champions bag a few days ago, and realising I was doing exactly what I did in WOW - in grinding boring PVP for gear and there was no real reason to do so in this game other than so I didnt get facerolled by other players in the said boring pvp. There's nothing to aim for.

As an added issue, I feel that WOW gameplay is more inherently fun, responsive, smooth and competitive, so I'm just finding myself asking myself "what the hell I am doing in playing this game?"

At present, I feel that the only difference is that its a) new, b) star wars, and c) has huttball, which is a great warzone. That's it. In basically every other aspect of endgame that I can think of, but particularly in the gameplay itself, I'd just rather be playing WOW.

And this is coming from someone who swore he would never play WOW again.

Edit: I want to add I have a 50 on both empire and republic side and have zero desire to level again through exactly the same process. I'd rather be repeatedly punched in the face by Mike Tyson.

its amusing how many people in this thread (i guess) just saw the word "bored" and decided to reply, and apparently didn't even bother to read the OP.

Obviously you didn't read the bulk of my post. WoW had about 8 different areas you could level from 1-5, and about 3 to 4 areas you could choose from, from there on out at any particular level. I NEVER said that you could go anywhere at any level. I also NEVER said anything about PvP. BTW, I hated Cata, because it became so linear. I'm talking Vanilla.
I also read all of the patch notes... and am saying that some of these options not being available (in even early beta) is inexcusable, if your goal is to competative to other mmo's. Even if you look at these MMO's at their launch, SWTOR dropped the ball big time, and it is costing them subs.

There is easily 200+ hours of content, just from 1-50. There are several 'easter eggs' in the game if you would like to explore. Might I recommend: http://www.swtor-spy.com/datacrons/ to get you started

Why would you assume that if you are playing a game 6+ hours a day, that you won't eventually get bored, regardless of the amount of content in the game?

A staunch defender now seeing the glaring blind spots of the game he loves. So quickly turned on and bitten by his pack mates. Unfortunate but true.

Don't worry OP, it's not you. Trust me. There are new MMO's coming out that will offer things we have yet to try, or new visions of things we have. Do a little Google sleuthing and see what's coming up. The next generation of MMO's is on the way, a melding of story, sandbox, and theme park. All trying new approaches to the way things work.

Instead of copying WoW's end game Gear Grinder.

Take a look at Secret World, Tera, GW2 for the big name starters - they're predominantly different than WoW and the MMO's that sought to utilize it's end game philosophies.

Pazaak and speeder races would be an awesome addition imho.

SWTOR also has about 4 zones per planet and at level 30 the troopers companion story lines take you back to Taris for leveling.

You seem to confuse different setting for a lack of content or options.

OP: You have no idea how similar my story is. I was (well, am to a degree) an ardent defender of the game, both on and off the forums while I leveled my smuggler to 50 and finished the class quests...

...and then something strange happened. I just ran out of gas. I rolled a few alts and just...quit. Now, I'm sure part of that is burnout...I pushed myself hard to get my smugs to 50...first in my guild to hit 50. So it's very possible that in a month or two I'll come back with a renewed vigor.

But it's funny how you start to take a second look at things. I want this game to succeed because I think the marriage of BW story and MMO is awesome...but there are things that need to be addressed. For now, I'll just play Arkham City, ME3 when it comes out, and get on every once in a while to help my guildies hit 50.