Upon release, the proposal receive a lot of attention from folk here, on Reddit, on Diablofans and Icy Veins,and from various streamers and YouTube content creators. In an effort to address these long-standing issues, Rage and I coordinated a community-wide effort to draft a buff proposal. Last patch, I broke down the problem Barbs have dealt with for quite some time. If you’re not a Barb main or haven’t been following the Barb forums, you might be wondering why so many Barbs are so upset about the nerf to Lamentation. In this response, I want to walk you through exactly what happened, how much of the Barb community feels as a result, and how I believe we, as a community, should move forward after this train wreck. What we got was silence and a major nerf to our class’s most popular build. In an unprecedented display of solidarity between Barbs and other class communities, an overwhelming number of folk spoke out, asking for the Lamentation nerf to be reconsidered–or, at the very least, for there to be compromise. It was easily the most popular thread on the entire D3 forums. The OP in that thread received over 350 likes, and the thread accrued 2k replies and 19k views. The Barb community mobilized and advocated for the then-uncomfirmed nerf to be redacted. The images showed that the belt’s Rend 200% multiplier was erased.
Then, during BlizzCon, leaked images of our recently-buffed Lamentation belt made the rounds. We were, quite simply, having more fun than we’d had in years. We were competitive with most other classes. We suddenly had options in off-meta speeds. After years of requesting buffs and updates, Barbs went into PTR and finally felt powerful.
2.6.7 brought about several long-requested noteworthy buffs for Barbs, and the biggest, most exciting surprise was how Rend was made relevant in the Wastes set and Whirlwind builds.
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