Some help for a noob

[Concillian]

ps. So far I am not very impressed, but I still have another almost month to make up my mind, I guess.
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WoW is very different than an 'action RPG' like D2 or Guild Wars. Autoattack takes some getting used to. The mechanics are much different, as I'm sure you have already discovered.

Skills are kind of lean in the early going for a warrior (pretty much just charge and heroic strike), but as you get up in levels, you start using skills more. Tanking is lots of button pressing and decision making, but even soloing you'll be doing more than just waiting for heroic strike to light up every few attacks.

It may help in the early going to learn that heroic strike favors faster weapons.

If it's the pace of the game getting you down, you may be better suited to rogue or druid (catform), probably not pally. I think your initial impression of pally is probably not quite right based on what you said. Melee damage is only so-so for a pally, but they have defense and healing, they get through tough PvE fights by healing through them and outputting 'enough' damage. They probably have the worst overall melee damage of any class that is expected to melee significantly (warrior, rogue, druid, shaman, paladin)

Group play is considerably different as well. As a warrior you may be expected to reduce your damage output by using defensive stance (attainable via a quest at level 10) in order to be the 'punching bag' of the opponents. Since you are well armored and take less damage you are the preferred target. Some warriors strive to "hold aggro" in battle stance or berserker stance, but to do so you have to deal 120+% the damage of anyone else in the party, which is usually infeasible.

This is almost a complete 180 from your role solo. If you do not want this role, then always make it very clear that you do not intend to perform this role when you are in a group. Because warriors are generally considered most capable in this role endgame, they are generally invited to a group specifically to perform this role. Druids and Paladins can also perform the role, but are less well known for it.