I have reached the four month game mark with my barb. Have the tigers set for dps and do very high dps. But right now I am disappointed. I have hit a low spot with my barb that makes the game less enjoyable. I don't like to complain, but I just want to get a few things off my chest since I have put a lot of time and effort into my character.
I am finding out the barb is a very basic class end game. Outside of the usual rotation combo rotation exct. One of the main reasons I am at a low spot right now is that I feel like I have done all I can do with my barb. I have three specs and have experimented a ton. Yesterday I got the brittle blade light armor set and have been trying it out in PVE with a zerker/bloodrage regen build, and predatory instincts as well. It is very discouraging that this set with evasion and immunity are basically useless in end game PVE. I wanted to be able to dodge incoming attacks and mitigate the attacks that get through. For anyone wanting to do this I wouldn't bother to get the brittle blade set and try. High immunity and evasion have almost no affect whatsoever even when using it to augment bloodrage stance stacks. Basically tigers dps gear/build is it end game for the barb. The other faction sets have more function as vanity sets than anything else. Pretty upset about this after grinding out three different sets.
I have also found there are very few weapon choices for barbs end game, and you see a lot of barbs using the same stuff. My barb is losing a lot of its fun lately, even when taking him in T4. I can stay alive and dps well, and that's about all there is to the barb.
There just not much depth to the barbarian. I was hopeful I could figure out something to be different, and find a new refreshing playstyle, but the barb is not a dynamic class. I have hope I will find another class more versatile and dynamic so it can keep my attention longer, and because the game is very good overall. But right now I am very disappointed with the barbarian. Everything about a barb seems second best, with very basic gameplay.
Thanks for reading.