In regard to Icefall Mantle, the damage boost it and the other exotics receive for getting like elemental kills should be removed. That was an extremely cheap and honestly boring buff to numerous exotics. Now specifically back to Icefall Mantle; I was [b][u]EXTREMELY[/u][/b] excited for this exotic when it was teased three years ago. I was envisioning myself becoming a hulking ice covered behemoth. However, that is not what I got as the over-shield was pointless in PvE, the mobility trade off wasn’t worth it, and Stasis Titan had and still has major identity issues. With that being said and with the addition of “Frost Armor”, it seems like an absolute no brainer for them to rework Icefall Mantle to be based around Frost Armor while removing the over-shield. My Proposal: - Replaces barricade; activating your class ability grants max stacks of enhanced frost armor. (If I remember correctly, 1x frost armor gives 4% damage reduction. This would give 7% in PvE, which means at max stacks (8x with the fragment) would offer 56% damage reduction) - While frost armor is active, a blizzard forms around you that slows enemies that get too close and stops in ranged projectiles. (The radius of the blizzard depends on how many frost armor stacks you have) - While frost armor is active, you have a decreased movement speed. However, you can still use your jump ability. I feel what I just proposed is a reasonable and powerful rework for the exotic. This heavily leans into the [b][u]BEHEMOTH[/u][/b] title while drawing it back with the decreased movement speed for balancing reasons.

The following was included in the TWID posted August 8th (emphasis added): [quote][b]UPCOMING CHANGES[/b] That's everything we have for this update. There is plenty of things coming down the pipeline soon from the Armor Team, so get ready to dust off some items in your vaults in the next Episode: [i]Updates to some underperforming perks on the Exotic Class Items (particularly for Titans). Buffs and Reworks for underused Exotic armor pieces (Blight Ranger, Mask of the Quiet One, Skull of Dire Ahamkara, and more)[/i]. Plenty of other small tweaks to Exotic armor aiming to provide meaningful utility boosts.[/quote] As for your other point: [quote]it's been YEARS since these exotics and more have gotten an ornament[/quote] The devs have previously stated that the rate at which specific Exotics are used has a large influence on whether new Ornaments are created. The best you can hope for is that any reworks/buffs will result in a noticable increase in use to justify the creation of new Ornaments. (΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)