Hard life of a Barb

It's hard to be a barb sometimes. Today I died twice, SC, so could have been worse. It's been a month since I last got killed. Lost some good xp too. First time TZ 8PPL online. Got mobbed by

Herald moon lords, extra strong TZ with lots of nice mods to casually tank a melee char. Grabbed merc came back, no way to get near that body. Most of the time the little guy can take out most things, he's got all the tried and tested great gear. Next time was a pretty similar thing. It's not like getting 1-shoted, but how hard and fast some mobs just

Swarm and smack is abit, well, you know what I mean. Last week I had a

Herald, again TZ 8PPL with some great mods, I cleared all the support, till it was just the 2 of us (my BIS merc just keep dying so gave that up) and eventually just gave up myself. The return damage was nuts, and of course, even with the best gear, it was hard to tell if the heralds HP bar was actually moving, PI is kinda painful at times, even with Lawbringer,

Dreadfang, and a truckload of CB. I don't subscribe to that throw thing either (Conan was never ranged right). I guess barbing is kinda like a life choice, sometimes sticking on the path you like best, may mean having alot more patience and perseverance. Gee, maybe I just like getting hit alot ....