See, my main is an asura, and I quite enjoyed metrica province, but I've tried to make a sylvari alt, and I just really dislike their starting area(which I did on my asura as well). The underwater sections really annoy me for some reason. I probably should've made it a norn or charr, but the norn starting area never clicked with me in the BWEs. I'm currently just trying to hold out until I can branch out of the areas I've explored, and maybe head over to the other side of the map and do some of ascalon or something I haven't explored a lot of.
Unfortunately the alt is the result of me no longer enjoying the engineer class at 60. I'm not sure what happened but I was feeling very weak on my engi and really not doing as much damage as I felt I should've been. Playing my ranger I can easily solo most things, and I do decent amounts of damage in WvW, but dual pistol engi did not seem to be cutting it in WvW. Not enough damage (even though I'd stacked precision and power), and I'd melt almost instantly if I didn't stay at the back of fights. Probably just need to take a break from him and come back with a fresh mind about how to build him. Rangers on the other hand, that short bow is ridiculous for 1v1 and the long bow is great for sieges. So far been doing alright in WvW, and pretty good in PvE as well.
