That is a distinction without a difference.

I agree.

more complexity not less. Sound like a familiar argument?

well as has been stated many times traits are there for 2 reasons that i can see.
1: Can add a power/ability that can no be outwitted if they add Can use instead of possess
2: Add a power/ability that can be outwitted but can not be added to the dial due to no place to put a SP by putting Possess instead of Can Use.

It has been well established, for a long time, that there is a difference between "can use" and "possesses." So I don't see how it's very difficult to understand that it can be outwitted. Seems really simple to me if you know there is a difference between the two, and this one specifically states possesses. People want to try to make things more difficult then they really are because they don't agree with a ruling, even though it makes absolute sense to anyone with common sense.

No i can agree with the Trait's people saying that it should not be outwitted.
But this came up with namora and we have a ruling. Its nothing new but most people did not care that much about namora and did not know this ruling.

But as i stated above are good reasons why it does make sense that some of them can be outwitted and some can not.

This is a wonderful thing for the JSA and Defenders team, also heavy defend teams.

I'm a heavy Wildcard kinda guy and I have no problem with the new WC rules.

I'm still hurting over the WC rules changes before this though. "Use not possess"....bah!

If so, some other indicator of the difference should be used. The symbol should be reserved for things that cannot be countered and use a different symbol for things that can be countered. Leaving it to the game-rules semantics of "can use" vs. "possess" is not intuitive.

This has me stoked! They are going to be re-evaluating different old team abilities and making them cost appropriate and keyword base? FANTASTIC!!! No more having to deal with a whole team of Mystic Avengers characters!!!!

Oh man...I think Web of Spiderman is going to be even better with all those WildCards out there....These are good rule tweaks.

agreed.

this is exactly the kind of thing they were supposed to be cleaning up.

but its been a game semantic for such a long time.

Also how would you give them a power for the whole dial and had not room on the dial, and you wanted it to be able to be countered?

Also agreed. This is the smartest change on the list.

Tenure doesn't excuse a poor game rule.
Just as I suggest, with some other symbol (printed on both the card and dial) than Perhaps a picture of Black Panther's face.

Actually its a distinction with a difference presuming Outwit works the same way in the new PAC.

Maybe this will help

PG page 6
The power is countered by Outwit. When the Trait tries to put it back on the dial it makes no difference it is still Outwitted.

Where as a Power that can be used (not possessed) by a Trait doesnt exist on the dial to be Outwitted in the first place.


FF PAC:
The rulebook for awhile now has made a big "todo" about the difference between "used" and "possessed". I am deeply suprised that you have missed the distinction.