So as an addendum to my earlier account of the issue, I have followed some of the advice proffered, spec'd for Combat Advantage and Forte, tried to mind my positioning, am using nothing but Crowd Control and AoE on all my characters, have leveled past 30 to get the advantages of the Paragon subclasses... even though that…
Woops, thought I replied to this but I must have accidentally deleted my post. In response, yes, I got to around 30 on my barbarian but quit when he started getting destroyed by Rotters. Was pretty disheartening. I'll give him a try again though with your suggestion in mind. That being said, though, I completely agree with…