Ok before someone starts to lecture me: Yes, I knew for what I’ve signed in when choosing the Barbarian. I know of the Nerfs and I know tha a buddy warned me that this class is especially a mess when you play in a group.
And playing in a group for days now, people are softly telling me to get lost. And I can understand them. I do not deal any relevant damage while even a Necromancer in our group is slaying everything to death, the worst thing is that my Barbarian even suck as a tank and a human shield.
Biggest problem is, this is a class that has to heavily rely on gear. But what if there is no gear that helps you moving on? With shy over 1700 life points, I’m a complete joke as a Barbarian and the laughing stock in a group. People are looking at my equipment and telling me: Is that the best the Barb has to offer?
And yeah, it’s hilarious. On a single play-session I mostly find about 300 armor parts. Most of them are pure and utter crap. While a good friend of mine had lucky drops, the only stuff I get are armor parts that are giving me Intelligence or Willpower. If I try to get rid of one miserable aspect for my class it get’s replaced by other crap like Thorns or a tiny bit of more armor.
What I actually need is xx% to life, life generation, fury generation, massive boosts of armor to transform into this bulky tank machine. Of course, people will think completely different who habe more lucks concernig their drops. But I’ve seen a lot of people dealing with the same problems I face, tons of crap items for a class that relies on equipment. Just how much either hate or misshandled Blizzard the Barbarian this time? It’s simply not fun to play anymore where I currently stand with the character. I’m not even complaining about the Nerfs the character faced. I’m just asking myself why I can’t find decent loot. Why do I find so much stuff with Intelligence and other stats I do not need? Yes, it’s randomized loot but also, shouldn’t even randomized loot a little more optimized for the class I’m playing? Or shouldn’t at leas the Occultist give me decents replacements for the price they are charging?
Yeah, sorry for the frustration. It’s not a rant, it’s just frustration because it’s not fun. The Barbarian was always a class that was focused on equipment but never made anyone in a group fun of my character because I die after 2 hits on WT4 with almost Level 70. I’ve reached a point where it is just sad. Especially standing next to someone I know, playing a Barb equipt full with good stuff that helps him to play this class properly.
Again: This isn’t meant to be some kind of toxic rant against Diablo IV. I just love the class since Diablo II and I haven’t seen, neither in D2 nor in D3 so much worthless Item crap. It’s insane to experience this.