So upped my gear a bit, changed out to a shield and 1H as recommended. Act 1 is now a walk in the park and even did the first quest from act 2 (needing to avoid elite packs though)
A lot more defensive at the moment, so surviving a lot better, but taking longer to clear normal trash.
Guess I am stuck having to wait for the patch or grinding for more gold to get better gear for act 2. Really need to up my weapon and life on hit again. The faster 1H I am using now is off setting the 200 life on hit that I have lost, but I feel that I need to get back to 400-600 levels...
I am REALLY trying to find a viable 2h build for my barb 2nd time round, but hear what you're saying about the 1h + shield. Unless weapons are adding LoH going with anything else seems suicide in Inferno...
PS I still hate monks