Those mages should l2pvp...you dont sick back and let hunter shots get absorbed by shield..blink into their faces and aoe their shit down....ill show you how its done sometime if i ever decide to play ...
if it was through icebarrier it would say (840) or w/e the value is absorbed..so no they werent through ice barrier...freezing is a mage therefore i know what im talking about so dont come out swingin ...