On the eu server some people will use barmaces just to troll you guys.
I'm pretty sure most people in this thread are from the Australian server. The guy who used to use an heirloomed barmace has stopped because of the whining, so a lot of the posters here have given up. I still think the heirloomed barmace's OPness should be fixed, even though it currently isn't affecting me (lest others start to use it).
When i get killed by a barmace user it's always because of either a failed block, bad timing or some kind of mistake i made.
And we were getting killed by crushthrough...what's your point? That you have never versed someone with an heirloomed barmace or that you are so incapable of blocking that they don't even need to use their crushthrough to kill you?
You can counter them with regular 2h swords which have more speed and more reach. The barmace is also unbalanced which means if a guy misses, he will get an additional delay (try swinging a barmace and you can clearly see it).
Again, you can get a swing or two in before they're in range. You can't run backwards faster than someone with 5 athletics can run forwards, so what does range matter if the attacker is able to block a swing or two?