Is it me....?

[Xilk]

That's pretty much how all DDs are.

Auto attack, use all DD job abilities when timers are up, ws, repeat.

War is the same, sam is the same, drg is the same, unless you actually cast, drk is the same, etc.

Even with pup, use attachments when need, auto attack, use dd relevant JA when timers are up, ws. (when it comes to DDing anyways)

you had it right until you mentioned pup.
If you are used to playing a more complex, hybrid job, then moving to a vanila DD job is more boring. This just doesn't apply to pup though...

Sure, you can sit on your thumbs and let any job just auto-attack, but there's a huge difference in a job where you have something more to do, vs not having something more to do. I think MNK is more fun that war in this respect though...