Ice Armor for Scrappers?

So Brutes don't get Hibernate in their Patron Powers, correct? Only Scrappers and Stalkers? I'm wondering what kind of T9 Scrappers/Stalkers could have with Ice Armor. Taking a look and not counting the T9, the set has Typed Defense (duh), -Movement and -Recharge Debuffs, Damage Aura, Dull Pain-type power, and an Endurance management power that also gives Typed Defense.

Hibernate is a different sort of survive-the-impossible sort of T9 in that it will bring you back to full HP and Endurance, but you are unable to do anything while the power is active. I don't play Tanks, but I do play Brutes and the T9 seems like (from an uneducated point of view) a not-so-useful for Tank ability, but could be useful here and there for Brutes. I'm not sure I'd use such an ability on a Scrapper or a Stalker. That's just my playstyle talking though.

So a replacement for the T9 for Scrappers/Stalkers would be something that strikes the of not better than Hibernate but also not worse than it. Hard to do and I can't imagine what kind of power it would be. It could go the way of Strength of Will/One with the Shield and give Resists and something else, but that may be a "better" power.

Another way the T9 could go is the mutation Conserve Power from Electric Armor had into Energize. The PPP Hibernate would stay the same, but the T9 from Ice Armor could change into a short burst Regeneration and Recovery power. Not sure how much the existing people with Ice Armor Hibernate would feel about that. Some may love it and others loath it. Changing a T9 power from one thing to another may not be the best thing to do.

Last idea I'll throw out there is that it could be a self Revive, like the Winter Event Ice revive that is already in the game. I forget what it is called. I'm not a fan of T9 revive powers, but it's a possibility.

Just thought I'd throw out some ideas for discussion. The set may still never make it to Scrappers, but I'm still excited there's a possibility.

/ramble off

Side comment - I haven't read comics in years; I heard Ice Man is dead? I hope not - if I remember right, he was an omega level mutant like Jean Grey - like crazy powerful.

Bring Ice armor to scrapp, stalks and brute and change Hibernate from PPP. Changes have been done before, so...
Simple

About ice for brutes, I remember, years ago, that it had been tried, but messed with fury too much to be worth it.
Was there an update on that?

Also, Katana isn't unique to scrappers. Stalkers also have it (cleverly disguised under the name of Ninja Blade).

Personally, I think the more options, the better, so I'm all for ice being spread around a couple (read: scrappers and, if possible, brutes) archetypes.

a key power that is often skipped? wut?

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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen

I don't frequent the Tanker boards or play them much, but why would a Tanker use Hibernate? You can't do anything while that's up, right? I guess if you slot it up you'd only need five or ten seconds in there, and probably wouldn't lose much aggro in that time. Is that considered acceptable? I really think I'd want to manage my healing and endurance in some way that didn't require me to take myself out of the fight, but I guess I can see the appeal. Low hit points and out of endurance, click, five or ten seconds later you're perfect. And as far as keeping aggro, Hibernate is probably better than dying.

I just don't really get why anyone would say no to any new, fun, working, not overpowered new options. Especially since ice armor is one of the lesser played sets in the game.

And simply put, Ice Melee would not be low damage on a Scrapper. Those fast attacks amount for a nice amount of Critical Hits. Also, the slows would be nice for mitigation, on say, an Ice/Fire scrapper.