Hello, I made a barbarian as my first alt the other day, in my 40s atm, and I have a few questions about gear/aa/feats that I'd like answered. I see there's no barbarian sticky - does anyone maybe have some good informational threads from the old forums saved, so that they can be accessed with web.archive.org? Eventually one of those handy googledocs with interesting barb gear?
I've checked some of the older, similar threads to this one, and I think I've gotten an impression of how endgame dps works - my queries are really about "getting there".
Firstly, regarding feats/spec - I've been using 2h and gone kinda here and there with my feats, picking dps stuff in the berserker tree, but I got some decent blue 1 handers from guild bank earlier, and I've been wanting to give a reaver spec a try.
If anyone could tell me what feats that are really good and which ones I should avoid, that'd be great, or even yet give me a spec (I saw some other specs in other threads, but mostly they're 2handed specs for up to lvl 40 or lvl 80 dps/pvp specs).
For AA I've already put some points in pressing + decisive strikes, and I figure I'll get tainted weapons/finely honed asap when I get to 80. After that I imagine I'll pick up Upheaval, and then get high in whatever the rogue equivalent of Will of the Sublime is, as well as the -aggro AA. Are there any other important AA I should prioritize as a barb?
As for gear, I did the wb and got t1 legs + 2h, so I guess that will last until I get epic khitai or T3 equivalents, but I was wondering about what items to get asap when I get to 80, for quickly joining HMs. My "item progression thoughts" are these;
Eye of the Watcher (crafted neck) > Kakaba Guide/T3/Unchained neck
Energetic Band (crafted ring) 2x > Milestone ring
Crow's Nest quest cape (Jovian cape) > Vile Nativity cape
1h trader blues > random Khitai blue 1h/t1/t2 > Children mace + Tigerswipe
2h t1 (Twinned Moons) > LL epic sword (is this good? Don't wanna get Ibis...)
And rest of gear, I imagine I'll use random blues > t1/t2/random Khitai stuff > full tiger gear. I hear hyrkanian gear is also ok - are the other factions good in any way, or just to be ignored?
Are there any other good, easy-to-get barb items I should consider? Like solo instance items? For my main hox, there were a lot of such items, like Forgotten City unchained neck that's better than anything else before t4, or Dreamer's Keepsakes that were really good.
Barb is also my first dual-weilding class, and I'm a bit uncertain what that entails for weapon choices. A friend who plays sin told me that for sin, having max damage (not dps) on main weapon and maximum stats possible on offhand weapon was ideal. Is this the case for Barb? Does that mean it's better to use Children mace + Tigerswipe, than 2x Children's mace? I see t4 people sometimes who still use Tigerswipe...
I plan on doing a lot of KK loops (Tigerswipe drops there, and I think Yag has a good 1h too + pants), Vile Nativity and Fort runs when I can, to maximize rewards for my time. Are there any other dungeons that are very rewarding for barbs? Like tha give both good item drops and higher combo drop maybe?
Appreciate any replies!