Catiene

I still have it in my build. Its excellent in pvp zones because you can pull aggro away from your team mates. When I used Catiene in PVP the first time I basically had it on auto execute. It's great if you combine it with Glacial armour as you can actually detect the stalkers much faster than you can in other power pools and use taunt to make sure that they don't get their bounty.

While I agree that the Devs have been reluctant in making significant improvements one of the best powers to have in Ice armour nowadays is Energy absorption. Not only do you get extra defense with it you can also regain endurance you may have lost. Its been a lifesaver many a time with my Ice Tank since I6 came out with the ED.

But yeah in the past, like Spad said, Ice was so easy to mess up thanks to slotting defense and damage resistance. I almost gave up on my Ice tank because of it but now Ice is only able to slot defense (except for permafrost which is a useless power anyway) so she's a lot better now than what she was.

Taken from the US Forums Kheldian Guide created by Vahla

*****Binds and Macros*****

Peacebringers


MACROS
Switching to Nova form

/macro BN "powexec_toggle_on Bright Nova$$goto_tray 4"
Switching to Dwarf form

/macro WD "powexec_toggle_on White Dwarf$$goto_tray 5"
Returning to Human form

/macro HF "powexec_toggle_off Bright Nova$$powexec_toggle_off White Dwarf$$goto_tray 1"
Returning to Human form and activating Smash/Lethal resist shield

/macro HF "powexec_toggle_off Bright Nova$$powexec_toggle_off White Dwarf$$powexec_toggleon Shining Shield$$goto_tray 1"

BINDS
Switching to Bright Nova Form

/bind g "powexec_toggle_on bright nova$$goto_tray 3"
Switching to White Dwarf Form

/bind b "powexec_toggle_on white dwarf$$goto_tray 4"
Returning to Human Form

/bind t "powexec_toggle_off bright nova$$powexec_toggle_off white dwarf$$goto_tray 1"
Returning to Human Form and Flight

/bind r "powexec_toggle_off bright nova$$powexec_toggle_off white dwarf$$goto_tray 1$$powexec_name Energy Flight"

Shift and Left mouse click at the same time to Fly in Human form or TP in Dwarf form

/bind shift+lbutton "powexec_name Energy Flight$$powexec_name White Dwarf Step"


Warshades


MACROS
Switching to Nova form

/macro DN "powexec_toggle_on Dark Nova$$goto_tray 4"
Switching to Dwarf form and assigning the Dwarf TP to Shift + Left click

/macro BD "powexec_toggle_on Black Dwarf$$goto_tray 5"
Returning to Human Form and assigning TP to Shift + Left click

/macro HF "powexec_toggle_off Dark Nova$$powexec_toggle_off Black Dwarf$$goto_tray 1"
Returning to Human Form, assigning TP to Shift + Left click, and activating Shield

/macro HF "powexec_toggle_off Dark Nova$$powexec_toggle_off Black Dwarf$$goto_tray 1$$powexec_name Gravity Shield"

BINDS
Switching to Dark Nova Form

/bind g "powexec_toggle_on dark nova$$goto_tray 3"
Switching to Black Dwarf Form

/bind b "powexec_toggle_on black dwarf$$goto_tray 4"
Returning to Human Form

/bind t "powexec_toggle_off dark nova$$powexec_toggle_off black dwarf$$goto_tray 1"
Returning to Human Form and Activating Smash/Lethal Resist Shield

/bind r "powexec_toggle_off dark nova$$powexec_toggle_off black dwarf$$goto_tray 1$$powexec_name Gravity Shield"


Quick note on the difference between Macros and Binds. Macros create a "Power Button" if you will, that you can press and have the Macro execute. Binds allow you to execute the actions that you have assigned to the corresponding Key in the bind. For example, pressing the "R" key on the keyboard will take you of out Nova and Dwarf, return your Power tray to tray 1 and activate you Flight Power.

More information can be found here Enjoy

Count me in!

I missed the last few hamidon raids due to RL problems but I'll get there this time. I'll be on as my Ice Tank Catiene Winters (Lord save me! lol)

Peacebringers and Warshades are difficult to play due to the Voids and Quantum enemies. I played for 5 months before I got my Ice tank (Yes ICE! Amazing considering the nerfs lol) so I found the transition between going from tank to PB and WS easy.

HOWEVER, I let my older brother have a go at the game, he chose a WS and he is having no end of problems surviving and he's only lvl 6 on it!

Moral of the story, its better to have learned from the other Archetypes before trying to play PB or WS (which means getting to full template on your character )