I find it completely sad. (Questing)

[TouchandFeel]

A lot of quests actually have no lore at all in them in this game. Sure some do, but I would say the majority do not.

Maybe in the Japanese version of the game, but not the English one. I heard they got rid of a bunch of interesting stories and romance options from the Japanese version.

Every MMORPG and pretty much every CRPG has filler quests such as "kill 10 boar", even *gasp* EQ, hell in a way they sort of made it the norm for other MMO's to follow suit.
Also, while every side-quest may not be brimming with grandious world lore, most tell a small story, such as a Woodwailer shirking their duties because they joined the order for power and glory but realized that they are a bit of a coward, or that bandits are becoming more bold recently and have been raiding supply caravans in the area so they need food supplies which you can help get by hunting boar. Some of these mini stories are good, some are bad and cliché, but they are still little tidbits that give you information on the world and its people and often add up to paint a bigger picture.

Also, I've " heard" a lot of things, it doesn't make them true. From what I have seen with comparisons of the two versions, the only really changes that were made were some slight tonal changes due to cultural differences such as the toning down of Haurchefant's obsession with the WoL and differences due to trying to translate complex ideas between pretty different languages where sometimes direct translation is virtually impossible.