Re: Do you buy Resistant alternate defenses?
It also became half as expensive per die. Going with my personal standard, 30 points with AE Radius or Cone, you get, on average, 3 phases of Flash or six Segments of Flash, either of which is more than enough time to take advantage of the situation. Plus, someone who drops the minimum 5 points of Sight Flash Def is still affected by the latter on an average roll, whereas you'd need to roll 3 sixes for any effect in the former instance.
It also always seemed weird to me that someone's reflexes determined how quicky they recovered from someone popping a flashbulb in their face.