Are you trying to min max and chase the meta? No? Then play whatever you want. I play GA/WH simply because I like the combo and I know the weapon perks. I have had no issues getting Gold all the way up to M10.

You start running into issues when you try joining M10 pugs who want to gatekeep content because they are toxic elitist who think they must have the fastest clear time on the server otherwise their mom won't love them anymore.

All the replies you will get here will be people telling you No and that it's impossible to get gold with a GA/WH dps. That just further proves my point. The worst enemy of New World isn't AGS, it's the toxic elitist players who insist on gatekeeping content.