I agree with Khaletohep. Barb can go deep in general without sacrificing much, and still do good dps. You get a lot of -hate, 2 antiaggro tools and the self-rezz. Distraction is only for your group, but it's still a good team buff, allowing others to dps harder. There's no need for Atrocity when you can use Without Warning and get stacks even faster.
A spec without general is good for single-target bosses I guess, allowing you to use both AA combos, but for situations where you need to kill adds, barb shines with boneshatter and shrapnel, and the feats from general come in handy. Still, I find that I can do good enough dps on bosses with the same all-round spec full reaver + general.