Jako,
To the best of my knowledge, everything I say below is factual with the caveat that the items in quotes are not direct quotes but an approximation of what was stated. I kept them in quotes because Jako had them in quotes.
Some posters: “Barbarians received no buffs for 2 patches”
MicroRNA- All classes received buffs to 6 piece sets in patch 2.6.4. In patch 2.6.6, Mortick’s bracer was “reintroduced” to the game.
Some posters: “Barbs have had zero item updates in forever”
MicroRNA – Patch 2.6.6 reintroduced Morticks Bracers and overall there have been only 11 class specific item updates from patch 2.6.1a to 2.6.6 (not counting buffs to 6 piece sets). During this time, the only class not to receive a class-specific item update are monks.
Some posters: “Morticks is crap and Flavor of time is useless for top tier barb solo clears”
MicroRNA: “I checked the leaderboard. Many individuals in the top 100 have set new personal bests using Mortick. These include 5 of the top 13 era solo barb clears.* #8 best clear used both Mortick’s and FoT.
*Solo barb era Leaderboard accessed in game on August 23, 11am EDT.
Some posters: “Barbarians are consistently the lowest solo GR class”
MicroRNA: Barbarian are currently the worst in terms of solo GR clears. In prior seasons (12-16) and eras, other classes were lowest. Prokhan’s analysis of season 12 and by extension patch 2.6.1 is consistent with my analysis that barbs were fairly well-balanced with other classes who were in need of a buff at that time.
Some posters: “MicroRNA claims that barbs are currently fine.”
MicroRNA: “Barbs are clearly the weakest solo DPS class at the moment and deserve a buff.”
Lets be honest if I had in fact said what Jako claimed, he or the others would have shown the direct quotes themselves as proof. Needless to say, these quotes don’t exist. In contrast, I showed multiple quotes from some posters that confirmed what was really posted as it relates to post #7.