I agree with you about the feeling of just enjoying playing.
All this stuff isn't a problem for me, I was just stating why I think new or returning players might find it difficult to get into.
I agree that they shouldn't funnel players into an activity, but it would just be nice if all the activities fit into some nice story or narrative, instead of being a bunch of seemingly seperate activities. I think it would also help new and returning players to get better oriented into the game.
Besides a little "funneling" isn't always a bad thing. I used to avoid pvp, until I got "funneled" into pvp one day for a skin I wanted and it turned out that I liked it. So, sometimes it does work out.
I disagree about the pve/ pvp thing though. It seems to me that more players participate in pvp in the game than just pve. Especially if you combine spvp and wvw pvp into one category. I haven't seen any numbers on it though, that's just through personal observation.