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Animal Instinct Barbarians are actually a bit tankier than normal barbarians, especially once you get the Animal Skin feat which basically ends up boosting your AC by 1 when Raging rather than reducing it by 1. They also get damage resistance to piercing and slashing damage, which is the main damage type that many monsters do by default. But yeah I can see what you mean, though I'm the health tank in my Extinction Curse party while our Champion is the AC tank, and AC tanking is usually better overall.
Thanks for sharing your experience and insight!
Funny you should mention HP vs. AC as I watched a very interesting YouTube video on just that dynamic a few months ago, and if I remember correctly (overall) AC is the better option to increase if you have that choice.