I can't choose a class at all

I played a couple of classes but realized that in the endgame it was clear what would happen. I saw that there are boss battle halls where people fight for bronze, etc. I recently watched a shaman, he looks very simple and has a lot of AoE damage, I haven’t seen that much anywhere, at the beginning of the game it seems to me that he farms the fastest. I'm a fan of maximum numbers, today I installed a mod for DPS. I’m going to bring a friend soon and I want to play with him, but this time I also want the class to be very strong. I want to get to level 106 this time. The problem is that for some classes you can’t even find a build(?) For example, archanist is my first class, there is a guide for it on the forum about what weapon, what armor, etc. you can take to quickly level up. But for example, you won’t find anything on a shaman. I thought about taking the assassin, because he probably has the most damage. in any case, I would like to ask the veterans to help, I’m sure you’ve played many classes, give me advice, I want to choose the strongest class and archetype and have guides for it, and not so that no one needs it and has long been forgotten

 

strongest? big meta? powerful, goos ehp high dps? Battle Monk + Fallen, I believe is the meta.

I 100% believe leveling warrior is also the most borinf experience ive ever had since foraginf in skyblock and mining in EVE Online. Have fun

 

Warrior is meta rn but leveling boring as hell.
Assassin and most damage are oxymoron's
You don't need guides, that's why there's something called Forums, just ask in Questions or if you need a build, in Class Builds
Just stick with your Arcanist, there's no reason not to.