Take a look at the Marvel OHEAC under Force Field and notice the wording.
my emphasis for effect.

And feats are assigned when the force is constructed. You can't assign someone a feat in the middle of a game. And for the third time, the rules specifically state that the power has to be visible through the stat slot in order to meet the prerequisite. While a character with Force Field gains the Toughness power, it is not visible through the stat slot and, therefore, does not meet the prerequisites for feats that require Toughness.

Where's hair10 when you need him? After all, he was the one who made this ruling...

Speedster, the bottom line is that when a feat grants a character a power (Force Field, ICwO, Squadron Supreme, and Lazarus Pit are the examples I can think of off the top of my head) that power is considered to be on the character's dial while the prerequisites for the feat are met. So a Force Field figure is considered to have Toughness showing on the dial when the prerequisites for the feat is met.

The recent "have/use" terminology has not changed this: it has been made clear that retired sets will not be errata'd to match the updated wording. So the old Oracle/Brilliant Tactician combo is still going strong... in Unrestricted that is.

Hair10 gave us the ruling on 3-23-06
http://forum.wizkidsgames.com/showth...22#post1142910

You might also find it interesting to note that a power gained for all practical purposes is on the dial and can be individually outwitted. So you could outwit the Toughness gained from the LazPit feat even though its not actually showing on the dial.

This is the same ruling we got for the SupeEnemy TA before it was changed to a USE power in LoSH.

If you want to follow all the words you will see that Outwot requires you to POSSESS the power.

You will also see the definition in the LoSH glossary p. 52
Thus if you GAIN or POSSESS a feat you are considered to gave it showing on the dial. If on the other hand you are just USING the feat then you are not considered to have it showing on the dial

Here is a better quote from Hair10 regarding Perplex and ICwO and Brilliant Tactician:

A Envoy forum ruling given on 05-22-2005, 09:49 PM
http://forum.wizkidsgames.com/showthread.php?t=109840

Quebbster and IceHot are dead on. (Rep to IH...Q, sorry, but I gotta spread the love.)

Think of it like using Shake-Off on Emperor Joker or Double-Time on Shazam. With the few items listed above, the power IS put on the dial.

I can assign Mental Shields to a Defender with Willpower and slap on the Squadron Supreme card. If that guy uses the TA to get MC on a click without WP, he can use the Metal Shields feat as MC is considered to be on the dial.

Taking the printed rules into account, it still doesn't make sense.

Well then, it is a darn good thing that this is the only ruling where that happens.