I've just started playing a few days ago on trial. It's a very good game for people like me who loves open world exploring. I'm still getting used to the jumps in gw2 due to the movement involves actual physics, but doing jump puzzles is definitely less jank conpared to xiv.

Underwater combat is refreshing.

All characters are voiced. Including your own character. Though I heard it's based on the class you pick?
I wish there's a voice sample in character creation. I remade my character three times until I find the voice that I like.