Cleric has the advantage of being all you need to get a larger group going for harder areas. Less gear needs as well for your whole career. Shaman has the more diverse toolbox your duo will appreciate traveling around and has my vote for most interesting priest class to play personally. Lots of shaman on green though who would group with your Cleric.
If you really don’t have an opinion between the two I’d be inclined to go Cleric if your buddy plays warrior and probably the Shaman with a paladin or Sk as they will appreciate the buffs and slow more and have some limited tools to split up a spawn the Shaman lacks.
Race to me is entirely 99 % cosmetic. With the possible exception of playing a night blind race on Green. Depending on your graphics card and drivers and Green’s lighting implementation people are getting strange results. That said: Play what you like the look of especially how their armor looks. Gear will fix stats in time. Just consider how easily a time your level 1 erudite cleric is going to have reaching your wood elf buddy in Greater Fay if that’s where you want to start out together.
Druid is clearly a fan favorite and the ability to port when you get bored of the current area shouldn’t be overlooked but it feels like 40% of the players I run across are Druids and porting seems pretty widely available.
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