On Screen Location of Traps

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

I love my trapper, but the thing I find most frustrating is remembering the exact location (and potential radius) of where I've placed my traps. Like many trappers, I drop old quest items (Carlotta's Web Markers, anyone) to remember where my "mines" have been laid, but it seems like, at least for the party interface, it would be better if the ground where they've been laid would "glow" or at least turn a different color.

Any other suggestions?

Kratos Angel

Kratos Angel

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

France

Me/

Humm I'm not sure, imagine you go somewhere, in uw² for exemple, and you go with 8 trappers, now try to play normally o_O.
Btw the main problem is for pvp, that would suck a bit seeing glow on the floor, and a bit difficult to make it invisible by foes.

keli

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Budapest

E/

Easily you can drop an unworthy staff to the location where the traps are.

therangereminem

therangereminem

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/Mo

thats a easy answer most trapppers lay at least one spirt and trap on top and close by lol but if its pvp you pick same spots and everyone just knows and if it is for path trapping drop a staff of useless item

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

/signed

It gets kinda old having to drop a single gold coin wherever the traps are supposed to be.

DeanBB

DeanBB

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Arizona

Wizardry Players Guild, http://4guildwars.7.forumer.com

This would be good. Could it be done such that if you are an ally you would see the glow and if an enemy you would not? I'm not sure if that mechanic is in the game yet.

keli

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Budapest

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
/signed

It gets kinda old having to drop a single gold coin wherever the traps are supposed to be.
Get old? i cant get it hmm... Do u want something new or u dont want to drop a 60g item or 1 gold? o_O

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

How about making it show up on the mini map for the trapper and his team? There's already a mechanism to show "private" communications on the mini map (pings and whiteboarding) so it should be fairly easy to implement.

Demonique

Demonique

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

Guild Drama [Sigh]

E/Mo

I aggree with Vinraith - nice idea for upgrade /signed

dragonrider2024

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2007

North Central Kentucky

PTK

R/Mo

How's this for an idea? have a ranger skill called Find/Locate traps as the thieves do in D/D. IF possible have it a passive skill as in Diablo (one that is always "on").

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

just make em glow on the ground but only your allies can see it lol solved

Bakh

Bakh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

Icarus Shift

/signed

I find it annoying that I set traps and the forget where they are when I try to pull monsters into them.

Lydz

Lydz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

The Crazy Dragons [TCD]

E/Mo

Though I don't play ranger, I don't see why not.

What about a small little purple circle on your minimap that displays where the traps are? Purple doesn't interfere with any of the other colours that could be shown on your minimap from what I can remember.

OhCrapLions

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ivalice

D/P

perhaps a marker of some sort that only your team can see would suffice?
/signed

Exterminate all

Exterminate all

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

In a house

Not Behind My Back [Back]

W/

/Signed...sure any reason why this wouldn't be a good idea?