The Fitness Pool, Travel Powers and Concept Builds

I'm more of a concept builder than someone who simply takes the "bestest" powers. That being said, I am bit concerned when it comes to Travel Powers, since most of the choices do not fit with most of the concepts I have in mind.
How viable is it to use Swift and Hurdle as your only travel powers? I've heard of people doing it, but is this actually doable, or am I just going to end up getting mugged by every high-level mob of minions I pass in the streets. Super Leaping, Flight, Super Speed and Teleportation are not exactly desirable for more than half my concepts, but I'm also sick of getting blasted in the streets of King's Row upon arrival at level 5 by some random mob of villains and waking up in the hospital. It'd be great if I was at least fast enough to escape from them.

Wow! Did I ever post this in the wrong area. Please disregard.

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I'm more of a concept builder than someone who simply takes the "bestest" powers. That being said, I am bit concerned when it comes to Travel Powers, since most of the choices do not fit with most of the concepts I have in mind.
How viable is it to use Swift and Hurdle as your only travel powers? I've heard of people doing it, but is this actually doable, or am I just going to end up getting mugged by every high-level mob of minions I pass in the streets. Super Leaping, Flight, Super Speed and Teleportation are not exactly desirable for more than half my concepts, but I'm also sick of getting blasted in the streets of King's Row upon arrival at level 5 by some random mob of villains and waking up in the hospital. It'd be great if I was at least fast enough to escape from them.

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Don't repost, just ask a mod to move it to Player Questions for you.

I'll answer your question while I am at it. I myself have several characters that go sans Travel Powers and use Swift/Hurdle as their mode of transportation (I am also a concept player). Swift and Hurdle properly slotted (1 extra slot on each is generally enough though you could go higher) is enough to blow past most mobs easily. At most they get a couple of pop shots off at you, but as long as you keep moving they'll never catch you.

Also, with this set up you will learn to find all of those short cuts and tricky ways up and down the maps of the city. Go exploring Skyway, you'll see what I mean. Using this slower set up has also helped in using faster modes of travel because of this kind of knowledge.