I know the Barb players don’t intend to sound this way, but many of these complaints sound to me like they won’t be satisfied until all four spots in the 4-man meta are filled with Barbs.
Their requests aren’t unreasonable. They want a build with tons of AoE to make it a respectable trash killer. They also want a build with great single target damage to make a decent elite hunter and RGK. And they want to keep their Zdps builds.
None of that is unreasonable like I said, because other classes have sets that fill those first two to a certain extent.
The problem however lies that other classes don’t have Zdps capability and so are excluded from the 4-man meta because of it. Lots of other classes don’t have the damage to compete with Necros and Wizards when it comes to trash killer or RGK.
The Barbs say they’re behind everybody. I’m not an expert but lagging behind on the solo leaderboards, when you’re concerned with them, I imagine is severely disappointing.
So the question is, do Barbs want to compete with Wizards and Necros, or just be comparable to Crusaders, Witchdoctors, and Demon Hunters while also keeping the Zdps role in the 4-man meta?
The first would make the 4-man meta all barbarian and the second would still leave 3 classes out in the cold in the 4-man meta and possibly leave them in a worse position than Barbs currently are.
So that’s why to me, it’s starting to sound like the vocal barb players are getting a little greedy. I hope that doesn’t come off as an attack, it’s just starting to sound this way to me.