Having read through this thread I thought I would add my 2 cents. My main is a level 50 Ice/War Mace tanker. I have seen a lot of people say it is not possible/practical to level an ice tank with just WI and EA. I dont feel that is the case (at least with the current implementation of EA). I leveled up to 40 with just WI and EA. EA was my only real form of defense, without it I would have been a dead man. I have seen several people comment that the proposed changes to EA may be to persuade more ice tanks to pick up all the armors. I dont really think that is the case, since i3 came out most ice tankers I have seen have FA and WI at least. I have seen a few without GA but I would be willing to bet that changes when they reach there 40s. I took FA at 41 in an attempt to get all my armors before i3 came out and save my free respec. Admittedly FA made things a lot easier and if I where to do it all again I would take it as my first power; however, it did not fix the major problem I have with the ice set, that we can not reliably tank AVs/Monsters. Sure with FA/WI/GA and EA all on I can stand toe to toe with the biggest badest villains for a while but inevitably my luck turns and I will get one shoted or two shots will land at the same time. Sorry for the rant, now on to my point. The purposed changes to EA do nothing to fix the major deficiency in the ice set and only serves to lower our effectives in the one area we excelled, controlling and tanking the agro of large groups of minions and lieutenants. I think I could live with the decreased buff (at this point I have a fair amount of defense) what I feel is an unacceptable change is that EA will only drain end and draw agro from the 5 villains it hits.
