Not taking Caltrops does not completely gimp your toon if you decide not to take it. I would compare Caltrops more to Quickness in SR than the passives. A nice thing to have, but not essential to survival.
Truth. Caltrops and smoke flash were the two powers I dropped when I decided to get more action out of soul mastry. Caltrops at the time was infuriating because the damage ticks dropped hide. I heard they fixed that, but never bothered speccing back in to it. Three years later I still don't miss them.
Luckily, with new inherant fitness I can have caltrops back (with a proc to boot!) but smoke flash is still remaining on my disabled list. I'm getting whirlwind and SS to go with my hasten in stead. Always wanted a second travel power, and whirlwind is just one of those "for teh lulz" powers I kinda always wanted but never had space for. The plan is to stick a +rech proc in it and use it as a panic button in a CDF when my heal is down. Fling people around and if I'm lucky get some bonus rech to bring my heal back up!
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im ion for the psi-melee! like psylocke from x-men. ninja mind power stuff. that'd be cool.
Luckily, with new inherant fitness I can have caltrops back (with a proc to boot!) but smoke flash is still remaining on my disabled list. I'm getting whirlwind and SS to go with my hasten in stead. Always wanted a second travel power, and whirlwind is just one of those "for teh lulz" powers I kinda always wanted but never had space for. The plan is to stick a +rech proc in it and use it as a panic button in a CDF when my heal is down. Fling people around and if I'm lucky get some bonus rech to bring my heal back up!