As I said in some other thread, overpoweredness is not some unit of measurement. It's a ratio involving skill and output/effectiveness, because a highly skilled player will do very well and kill pretty much anyone but that doesn't make it a balance issue. Right now, barbs take very little skill to use effectively but can win almost any 1v1 unless they're up against a good warlock/marksman with the right setup. Another thing which should be noted is the "skill cap", or how much you can improve in your playing skill, which links directly to how hard the class is to play. Warlocks have a high skill cap, because ideally you can make the correct and perfect decision/movement every 1.5ish seconds. Barbarians have a low skill cap, and even if they didn't, barbs don't even have to be particularly skilled to be effective (this is the part which indicates there is a balance issue).
As bad as barbs are atm, you cannot deny that hunters had it easier before. They could choose their fights. They could fight back when CCd. They could escape easily. They have ranged attacks. They rely far less on skills and spells because of obscene dmg from trolls. The list goes on.
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