Since you're interested in roleplaying, I believe for choosing races it's most important to read the basic race descriptions and dive into the details http://atys.ryzom.com/projects/puben/wiki/Lore
Then you can decide if you want to play the typical e.g. mystical Zorai or maybe a very atypical mystical Tryker. Both could be fun.
Over time probably you'll be interested in visiting all four capitals and probably also will be interested in all their missions and rites because as Gryshnozk mentioned starting all over is time consuming. So imho selecting a race, and later selecting the first "home town" (the first town where you are teleported to from Silan) are not limiting you later on in the game.
Keep in mind though that for some more interesting rites (missions with a storyline) you should have some positive fame with a race and achieving that can be a bit time consuming, especially on low levels. If actively RP'ing I'll bet there will be a lot of players willing to team up with you. People are usually very helpful around this game.
My guess is that if you're into RP, you're maybe one of the slower-levelling players which is perfectly fine in Ryzom. Just enjoy the game, the story, the people.
Welcome!
(Disclaimer: I'm on Leanon only)
Then you can decide if you want to play the typical e.g. mystical Zorai or maybe a very atypical mystical Tryker. Both could be fun.
Over time probably you'll be interested in visiting all four capitals and probably also will be interested in all their missions and rites because as Gryshnozk mentioned starting all over is time consuming. So imho selecting a race, and later selecting the first "home town" (the first town where you are teleported to from Silan) are not limiting you later on in the game.
Keep in mind though that for some more interesting rites (missions with a storyline) you should have some positive fame with a race and achieving that can be a bit time consuming, especially on low levels. If actively RP'ing I'll bet there will be a lot of players willing to team up with you. People are usually very helpful around this game.
My guess is that if you're into RP, you're maybe one of the slower-levelling players which is perfectly fine in Ryzom. Just enjoy the game, the story, the people.
Welcome!
(Disclaimer: I'm on Leanon only)