Guild Wars 2

Hi, there’s something bothering me with those traps.

In the description it is said it can target up to 5 foes.
But when one activate it, the trap disappears efficiently trapping only one ennemy… then comes the cooldown of 30 seconds.

Suggestion :
Add just a 1 second delay when an ennemy activate the trap, before breaking it.

This way when trying to stop a group of mob charging you, you’ll be able to trap the 5 targets supposed to be caught with the skill.

BUT it won’t be game breaking since in WvW, people will just have to wait 1 second when someone gets caught to be able to charge towards you.

There’s already been suggestions about this. The idea was to create a field when the trap is triggered.

For example;
Trip Wire – knocks down the foe that triggers the trap, then it will create an Oil Slick field for 1-2s (Oils slick field knocks down moving foes in the area).

However, since our traps are so horrible in comparison to Ranger’s and Guardian’s, it’s better to bring Caltrops instead.

I’d appreciate something like this. Trip wire in particular could also just have an internal counter that causes the trap to break after it targets 5 different opponents. If you do it that way, the duration could be a lot longer than a 1-second window, which makes its effect a little more consistent.

Softspoken.2410:

I’d appreciate something like this. Trip wire in particular could also just have an internal counter that causes the trap to break after it targets 5 different opponents. If you do it that way, the duration could be a lot longer than a 1-second window, which makes its effect a little more consistent.

You need to stay within the flavor of traps, meaning, you can’t have counters or, in this case, it would be called charges. Once a trap is triggered, there will be an effect and it will require to be reset (re-cast) to have it trigger again.

Functionally, your idea is great, but it wouldn’t be a “trap” in GW2’s world.