>Honestly, I don't see why it's a problem for there to be an
>edge that makes a strong skill stronger unless that
>edge pushes the skill over into "unbalanced" territory. Maybe
>neuro+edge is unbalanced; I don't know. Shoot, maybe plain
>old neuro is unbalanced.
>
>Smoke and mirrors, by the way, seems like a great edge in that
>it actually makes the class a little more fun. And it's not
>obviously overpowered. Do I wait for the guy to walk to me,
>or do I try to vanish across the place where I can't hide and
>hope I land next to him, with the understanding that I might
>land in the place where I can't hide and thereby spoil my
>stalking? Smoke and mirrors presents the player with those
>kinds of choices.

It does way more than that.

You can use it to cut people off on Eastern, for example, without revealing yourself.

It also netted me numerous kills on kiadana.

Finally it significantly reduces the risk of using vanish in somewhere like mortorn.