Is this a hack or BRD OP issue?

[Pence]

Also Holmgang is a free kill, when that is used on me I am unable to move or cast anything? it confuses me, I just sit there unable do nothing till I die

I'm not saying this to be nasty or anything....but ^ coupled with the fact you swiftcast stone...you sound like you have no idea how to PVP. Which is completely fine. It can be difficult transitioning into PVP: Skills that have little PVE use are often kings here. Was you close to him? You could have used Fluid Aura to interupt him for a second to get off a cure. You -should- have Swiftcast > Repose > healed yourself and waited for your team.

I'm not WHM but I'm pretty sure BRD is far from OP.

[Isala]

I'm not WHM but I'm pretty sure BRD is far from OP.

I'm both. And BRD is honestly a one-trick pony. It has its burst window, and that is all that it has. There are God knows how many things you can do as a WHM to negate the BRD burst. Virus, Stoneskin, Sacred Prism, Attunement, Tetra, Bene. Swiftcast>Repose> Repose. Or just bloody KITE. If you can keep a BRD from planting their feet for 15 seconds, they cannot kill you. Period. So no, it's not a hack, nor is it a BRDs being OP issue. It's an L2P issue. You'll get better. Just stop using "OMG, BRD2OP" as a crutch.