Guild Wars 2

Hi.

I don’t know what race to be. They all look cool.

I typically like races who’s lore/story is a lot about exploration. Exploring things like ruins, etc.

I played dwarf a lot when I played WoW, particularly because of the exploration background.

I know stories are race-locked, so I want to pick the right race.

I don’t like being centered around war, but I do like fighting. I like more of a mystical enemy rather than an enemy who is an enemy simply because of a moral dispute or something.

I know Asura used to live underground like dwarves before they came up – that’s cool.
Sylvari just awoke and are curious individuals.

I don’t know much about the other 3.

Idk, now I’m rambling.

Fun exploration-filled race?

first off all, the race only decide the first 30 levels of your storyline. So for your story experience it doesn’t really matter. There is an organisation called the durmand priory. All races can join their rank at level 30. Their goal is to defeat the elder dragons by searching for ancient artifacts and information by exploring old ruins and caves.

Asura’s are inventors, but not really explorers. They tend to bound themself easily to a certain location.

The norn are brawlers, but have a strong believe in nature and the spirits of nature. So that might interest you. Silvari are like your saying very new and curious so according to whatyour saying I would pick either Norn or Silvari.

Any.

Sylvari, as you say, are new to the world and therefore interested in finding out about everything.
Asura need to know everything, because they just need to know it all.
Norn explore places in search of something that will make them legendary.
Charr might want to learn all about the land and its inhabitants in case there will be war later on.
Humans… Well, humans are naturally curious. Some of them just want to explore things. Some of them want to explore things to profit from them.

Then come the individuals. An individual can have motives that differ from their culture. Break free and explore the world in the eyes of the individual that appeals to you personally. Or even better, individuals. You are not restricted to just one person, gender or species.

I think a norn or a sylvari would be your best options. The norn have a very nature-based religion and value fame and glory so a lot of them like to go exploring the wilderness looking for something that will make them famous – either a great enemy to fight or a new discovery.

The sylvari are a very young race and have a kind of shared awareness of the world – everything they learn informs other new sylvari. So a lot of them tend to be very curious – either seeking out things they’ve learned about from others so they can experience it for themselves or learn more about it or looking for things no sylvari has found before.

But any race can work, even the charr who are the most warlike race have scholars and researchers who investigate and document their history and the history of their lands.

Whichever race you choose I definitely recommend joining the Durmand Priory when you’re given the choice between the three factions. They’re scholars and historians who want to record all the history of Tyria and use it to find a way to beat the dragons. The other choices are the Vigil who want a more straight-forward, combat based approach and the Order of Whispers who are more focused on politics and convincing the races to work together.