Anyone who thinks Barbs need a nerf has lost perspective.
Barbs have been absolute trash for years: broken sets, outdated items, and builds that rely on gimmicks like wall-charging and ludicrous amounts of fishing. Now, at long last, we have a top-tier solo build–one, at least–and can play in off-meta speeds.
Barbs are, at long, long last, happy.
We haven’t taken over the meta, and we haven’t broken the game for anyone else. We don’t need nerfs.
All other classes, however, could use buffs.
Folks trying to use data and Cederquist’s posts (which were about Crusaders, mainly, I’ll remind you) to argue that Barbs should be nerfed have failed to look at the bigger picture. The game is much more than “data,” especially for casual players and Barb mains who spent years as the laughing stock of the game.
So, here is a better direct answer to the OP:
- Ask Necro mains and buff all their sets and items
- Don’t. If the developers decide to do this, that’s on them.
- No.
Y’all don’t need to play Fun Police and call for nerfs when historically trash classes and builds are suddenly strong. Want more diversity in meta and off-meta groups? Want more build diversity on the leaderboard? Want more intra- and inter-class balance? Achieve that through BUFFS, not NERFS, and make everyone happy.
Some of y’all, dang, just making me like:
