Yes its that age all opinion questions. So the rules are you can use anything from the latest stuff but only class and race. no archetypes or legendary artifacts or such. Surprisingly my answer is the same despite all the updates. elf - druid. Elf because your generally good looking and you live long and you are still pretty common and don't have to worry to much about some sort of outcast type of position. Then druid because the primal list is so useful and broad. You got healing and combat and a decent amount of buff/debuff. It mainly loses on telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation along with undead and illusions. Then leaf druids start with a familiar which is way useful and goodberry which is a great focus spell giving both tons of healing and sustenance usefulness supplementing something the primal group gives you plenty of so it just becomes not a concern now. Then pick up wildshape and that is just tons of utility. Top it off that if you can get far enough in your class that you can stop aging.
If I could choose, I'd probably pick elf for the reasons you listed, and sorcerer because blowing stuff up is cool.
Is one of the sorcerer options the one which essentially gives you a mini fireball or is that wizard?
I'm not actually sure? I know you can get actual fireball as a sorcerer, but I've yet to play one in Pathfinder.
sorry I meant as a focus spell. Sorcerer in pathfinder is a bit different as their are types for all spell lists. One of the more powerful healers in the game is a divine sorcerer.
Which version of Pathfinder? 1e and 2e are pretty different. In 2e, Fireball is on the Arcane and Primal spell lists, so it's accessible to Elemental, Fey, Genie, Imperial, Nymph, and various Draconic sorcerers (Adamantine, Fortune, Horned, and Mirage). See the sorcerer bloodlines here.
I can't speak to 1e.
sorry I meant as a focus spell.