Guild Wars 2

Hello Gents!
I wanted to get into trapping for my ranger but I mainly do WvW.
So with that being said there was one thing that is bothering me about trapping.
Are Traps visible?
I mean if traps can be seen by foes then they can be dodge quite easily and the viability drops. Well regardless if they are or not I’m still going to try it, just wanted to know.

They are very viable. I switch out between trapper / condi set solo roaming and standard pew pew pew zerk build when running with ele/necro duo.

Traps are fun.

Crapgame.6519:

They are very viable. I switch out between trapper / condi set solo roaming and standard pew pew pew zerk build when running with ele/necro duo.

Traps are fun.

Thanks for the post mate!
But I believe I have you confused. I wanted to know if traps were Visiable but it’s good to that they are viable

NewSentiment.1645:

Crapgame.6519:

They are very viable. I switch out between trapper / condi set solo roaming and standard pew pew pew zerk build when running with ele/necro duo.

Traps are fun.

Thanks for the post mate!
But I believe I have you confused. I wanted to know if traps were Visiable but it’s good to that they are viable

Not a lot of coffee yet.

Visible. Yes, by your team / side. Enemy, no. They won’t see them at all.

EDIT: I am not aware of any trait/skill by any class that would uncover/detect them. Just thought I’d through that out there. I run with another Ranger who uses traps and I can see his white circles on the ground so know where to place mine.

But if I am guarding a entry point or doing denial of entry, the enemy never sees my traps and always triggers them. Hope that clears it up

Crapgame.6519:

NewSentiment.1645:

Crapgame.6519:

They are very viable. I switch out between trapper / condi set solo roaming and standard pew pew pew zerk build when running with ele/necro duo.

Traps are fun.

Thanks for the post mate!
But I believe I have you confused. I wanted to know if traps were Visiable but it’s good to that they are viable

Not a lot of coffee yet.

Visible. Yes, by your team / side. Enemy, no. They won’t see them at all.

EDIT: I am not aware of any trait/skill by any class that would uncover/detect them. Just thought I’d through that out there. I run with another Ranger who uses traps and I can see his white circles on the ground so know where to place mine.

But if I am guarding a entry point or doing denial of entry, the enemy never sees my traps and always triggers them. Hope that clears it up

Excellent! Thanks mate. Thats all I needed to hear.

Not to hijack the thread; maybe just a follow-up.

What cast option setting do you use for ground-targeted traps — “Instant” or “Fast with Range Indicator”?

I use normal.

Its good to be able to sit at 900 range with axe or shortbow and throw the traps on point.

Yup, same here. I’m with Sube Dai on this one in that I just use normal.

Could be because I’m not the greatest at key binds But it works for me and I’ve not had any issues.