Hypothetically speaking, if AE was available, I'd make a Brute for farming, maybe Claws/Elec, maybe Claws/Fire since those could farm as early as level 6 in AE. I'd make a team character too, probably an Earth/Cold, since I always considered that my most helpful toon for team contributions.
Hypothetically speaking, of course, since there's no reason to believe the game is coming back.