When did this happen?

[drax99]

I was running a random the other day, dropped an ice trap to grab a mob. I noticed that my other traps were up... did the trap not set? No.. there it was on the ground, and the ice/frost traps were on cooldown. So i hot Explosive trap.. dropped a trap, ice trap still there, both on CD, Snake trap was still up.

So it seems now we can drop one of each element trap at a time, up to 3 traps total. I dont remember ever seeing this in patch notes. So, when did this happen? BM spec BTW, never been anything else...

[Saturo]

This change happened a loong, loong time ago...

[Epicfail]

Wow. I just don't use traps enough... don't feel bad. I didn't even realize that happened

[Saturo]

I think they did it to make Snake trap useful, as Explosive or Immolation were always better choices, both for Single target and Multi target.

And I didn't notice this until about three months after they implemented the change, so don't feel bad.

[Ungoro]

So wait, just to make sure i read it right. You recently discovered that you can drop an ice, snake and immo/explo trap at the same time?..It's a great shame you only just realised, if you lay all 3 on the same spot you get a very pretty screenshot.

[Zuilu]

Yeah..this was in the patch notes a looooong time ago. My hunter wasnt even 80 when this happened.

[Sarayana]

... I never noticed. Would black arrow trigger all three types of traps' cooldown? Cause I coulda sworn I never trap because of BA...

[Kalliope]

Black arrow was linked with the single trap cooldown before, but now it's only linked with fire traps.

This all happened at the same time.

[Sarayana]

Hm. /oblivious...

Thanks.

[Ryai]

I think they did it to make Snake trap useful, as Explosive or Immolation were always better choices, both for Single target and Multi target.

And I didn't notice this until about three months after they implemented the change, so don't feel bad.

The question is, does anyone ever really use it anymore?

I've only seen hunters use it like 1/2 in a whole BG.

[Saturo]

Snake trap does have it's uses, mainly against bosses that have an attack that hits a random target. Having snakes, army of the dead, treants and such up at those times is really useful.

I doubt any sane individual would use it in PvP tough. It's just a waste of mana.

[Sarayana]

Haha yeah I love it when hunters drop snake trap on phase 3 of Black Knight when I'm healing it. It's great to see him put his mark on the vipers. xD

[Kalliope]

I really only use snake traps in PvP for the snare/poisons.

[Dragonpuff]

I use all my traps, including Snake, when guarding flags in BGs. They cover three points around, and a flare covers the fourth angle. I find it works well with figuring out where a Rogue is trying to sneak up on you.

[Sarayana]

Haha I just got an image in my head of a hunter-shammy... traps instead of totems. xD

[FuzzyDolly]

Wait... we can drop more than one trap at a time? I can't remember the last time I used a trap.

[Saturo]

You can drop one trap of each "school", that is, fire (immolation, explosive and black arrow), frost (ice and freezing), and snake trap. Each school shares a 30second cooldown with the other trap in it.

[Kalliope]

WTB bear traps.

*lures unsuspecting prey into Ursa's mouth*

[Gimlion]

They were actually planning something called that or close to that in the original WoTLK Kaliope

[Kalliope]

I know.

That's why I said it.



As I recall, it was going to do a physical bleed effect or something to that effect. It sounded appealing.