I wanted to give my feedback about the barbarian and what can be improved. I really enjoy the class fantasy. Leveling from 1 to 53 was hard but it got a bit better after getting sacred and most of the legendary aspects it got a bit better. I was able to clear tier 51 NM dungeon at 81 as WW barb, so barb definitely feels tanky.
One of my main concern is resource generation, even at lvl 82 with near max roll of resource generation, I still have to use basic attack from time to time. While classes like sorc and rogue solve this issue below lvl 40.
Our top builds WW and HOTA uses the same 3 shouts, in many cases 4 of the same spells. Game doesn’t feel fun compared to other classes.
Our uniques were nerfed in the beginning as they were OP but now it feels that they were nerfed too harshly. Rage of harrogath and Gorrs both feel underwhelming. In high NM even with Gorrs perfect set up I can only dmg half of the life bar of an elite. Our end game builds no longer uses the class specific uniques. It reduces the incentive to push NM dungeons to farm uniques.
I am hopeful that season 1 mechanics would change barb but in my opinion these issues really need to be looked into.
I do agree, and;
Wirlwind is broken at its core (not in a OP way) i mean really broken, wirlwind does not benefit from attack speed, neither will it ever proc an overpower, every trashmob can stop you in your tracks, even some poisons and fire ground effects stops the cast.
Unstoppable never really is unstoppable.
This afternoon they have nerved most of all the barb aspects, making most of them useless (half of them didnt work as described to start with)
Also i think barbs should generate fury when hit, this has always been the way, and to put it only on a shout( I dont use any shouts) I thinkk is a fail in design.
I really dont like that the wirlwind “meta” seems to be a bludgioning hammer, instead of double 1 hander swords, I also dont like how the skill looks ingame when using 1 handers(exactly the same as 2hander graphics).
And finally every other class seems to have better wirlwinds wich look much better than the barbs standart wirlwind without the "each 100 fury core skill windshear"or “when wirlwinding periodacly…” (helas totally useless too…
Squishy… and after today they nerfed Fortify generator aspects and the barrier on elite hit aspect… making me more squishy than ever before…
I refuse to play the triple shout wirlwind “meta”, and will just keep Leap,kick,charge my way through low end content with nmd59 my maximum lvl cleared,
Jumping of a cliff in the middle of a trashmob pack is just the coolest move in game…(brawling skills could use a buff)
In its current state Barbs are wimpy zdps calling for mommy noise makers, no clue why they nerf them almost every 2 days.
Im done respeccing, and just will keep grinding low end stuff untill the fun returns…