Wudy, your first post in this thread pretty much sums up the whole damn thing.
To the rest of you, I don't really know how anyone can take Val seriously until he actually attempts playing another class. Every class in the game is more or less overpowered than a hunter in his eyes, so just give it a rest and he'll go away again.
On-topic and to the OP:
Sorry mate, its a tough break, but it happens to us all. He probably had embes for the first hit, and to your post after that, you can't expect to hit an armored target for 1k+ (although it happens).