Well the reason nobody rushed you was quite obvious, people were just making it through the game on their own. You cannot expect people to be geared and giving rushes a week or less after the reset, that's just absurd! They all played through the game on their own at the beginning to get there, so doing that isn't completely unheard of. I've seen tons of rushes given over the past few days though now that people are geared.
Yes, shield throw barbs are strong,but WW barb is still pretty viable. I don't see anything wrong with that, Barbarian just doesn't have that many offensive skills really, but I don't know where you have been looking but there are WAY more people playing other classes than barbarians.
Secondly, just about every spec is more than viable, but I will say Holy Bolt / FoH paladin is definitely weaker. FoH is insanely strong with the new Heaven's Fury, but aside from that you could literally use Zeal, Blessed Hammer, or Smite and be fine.
Murder of Crows druid does NOT have to stand still, your information seems really outdated. Have you played much this patch?
When it comes down to it, it sounds like you are not playing classes properly. Try a summoner druid, they don't require much gear to be good and can farm quite easily. You should be trying to do act bosses to be trying to get some uniques or set items, then go from there.