Greetings,
I’m rarely in these forums. And just looking at all the threads, most of them are a toxic wasteland. But there are still people here with absolutely valid points and actually good comments.
So I thought I might share my experience as this comes from someone who is more or less a casual player. I come home from a very long working day and just wanna relax while playing, slashing some enemies. Have a Level 58 Barbarian and like good old D2 days, I’m playing Whirlwind. On Wolrd Tier 3, my character became quite the damage sponge but is he still fun to play? Don’t know, actually. I think it can be fun but seriously, the Barb can be a slow slog without dealing meaningful damage. I stand there with open eyes, even with half decent gear, how much the Barb struggles to generate fury. When the Barb is at full power, it feels like Blizzard is telling me the following: “Ok boy, that was enough fun, the ride is over, please leave the ride so another passenger can board it”. When my Barb deals damage, he became a slog a few moments later.
Got Gohrs Devastating Grips yesterday. It was my first no story related unique item I’ve found and I was quite happy because they were the go to Gloves for the Barb who uses Whirlwind. I tell you again, I’m not someone who is following any breaking revelations and drama, I simply do not have the time for that. So in my view, these gloves were still awesome. Until I’ve read they were nerfed to death. The item description already sounded fishy to me because that was not the promised stuff I’ve read over at Maxroll or Fextralife.
So a simple question: Why nerfing a unique item so hard that it became more ore less average? (for me, it’s still better than the stuff I’m currently wearing). This completely ruins the meaning behind something powerful, unique. It’s ok to nerf if it is too extreme, but nerfing it over 40% and give it another downside? The item is practically more a burden now than actually something you should use for a long time.
I know there weren’t any new nerfs to the Barb now, but hilariously enough, my Barb feels, since the latest patch, slower than ever before. I haven’t heard of any significant buffs that makes the Barb faster or more powerful. A friend of mine already abandoned his Barb, waiting for the first season to start and then finally create a new character and new class. I wouldn’t go so far, but I cannot blame him. Barb was fun during my story run, but playing it now on WT3, yeah, I think it’s pretty much average especially compared to other classes. But at least I’m a damage sponge, I was able to kill the Butcher which gave me nothing at all ;D