Don't forget the Job/Classes are way more fun to play and in depth.
I only have access to the free trial, but damn all this classes are fun to play. Hunter being my personal favourite. The fact I can take almost any mob, tame it, make it my pet and take it through all content is super cool!
I like that I can use my pet as a "tank" and just keep my distance/make distance while attacking the enemy. No interrupting of the cast bar if I move either!
Also I can kind of climb if I brute force it enough which can result in really funny "king of the hill" moments.
I like the race specific abilities, while they aren't the most important thing, they do offer flavour, like Night Elfs turning invisible for a few seconds! Imagine if Au Ra could sharpen their scales to give themselves a 3 second shield. Or an Elezen having an ability to regenerate mana a bit faster for a few seconds. Like nothing game breaking, just a bit of flavour!
Also some of the quests are funny. I had just finished one in which I tricked a troll into thinking I am their Daddy and they would get punished if they don't pick up the giant boulder that landed in the middle of the bridge and throw it away, landing on some unsuspecting frog men insead. Like that was comedy! Or you paying 2 copper coins for information about a murder and the people will tell you because they are resorting to eating clay due to poverty! Diabolical!!!
It makes the world feel more alive! And most importantly! They don't have the eyesore that are the SCI-FI zones. They have propper fantasy!