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I tried searching for these two items but came up with nothing. So i will direct my questoin at you all.

How do you like them? What affects do they have on creatures?

Thanks.

"How do you like them? What affects do they have on creatures?"

- I found them pretty useful when I was using traps.

- Since I am a melee fighter, the critters are usually swarming around me, and therefore pretty close together when I throw the trap. Hence the are effect hits a great deal of them in one fell swoop.

- The Area Effect of the traps are a step up from the scout traps. However the effect does not last as well as my TK special moves... So once I got those, I stopped using them.

- They are a HAM and time saver though if you are being swarmed by multiple beasts (like those darn Wrix ).

- Once experimentation is implemented on traps (and I can get more than 5 charges), I will probably stock a couple for those emergencies.

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- Now, an Area Effect Root trap would be really useful for those quick getaways when the battle starts going sore.

FYI: They generate a lot of agro. If you really want to piss off a group of creatures, use it.

Thanks for your input, it helps me a lot. AmI correct in assuming that flash bomb casues AE blindnesswhile sonic pulse is AE stun? If so i can't see myself using these too much unless myself or pet is being aggroed by multiple creatures at once.

The fact that they don't work properly doesn't make me like them too much. However, of the 1 in 10 that do not fail and work, they are ok.

Cyl~

I have never observed them working. I was excited when I got them but they are broken. I've never seen them put any type of affect on an animal. In fact I've completely forgotten about them and the devs have stated the trapping line is going to have an overhaul.

-- YP

I love them and use them regularly. I do not know why but they seem to work for me.

MIne work about 50% of the time, but erratically. Sometimes I can drop a Flash and blind/stun 5 or 6 swarming creatures, other times it effects only the one I happen to target...same with the Sonic. I carry them, but more for my own amusement... makes other players ask what is going on when I use one.

JB

I love love love the flash bomb. With dark blue/white cons that mob, they really help mow them down. I get my pet into the fray first, while I am prone and masked. My pet becomes the mob magnet, having four or five surround her. I target the nastiest one in the group and throw my flash bomb. I then also use glow wire and p.dart. Once I finish the first creature, I tab unto the second and they are typically also affected by the flash bomb. It is not until the third or fourth creature that I have to throw another flash bomb into the mob.

I used sonic pulse once a while ago and didn't seem particularly effective, so I didn't use it. I think I need to do more research about how best to use this trap.

I usually use a P.Dart / Sonic Puls / Glow-wire cocktail on Sharnaff's on Corellia with great success. The sonic pulse works for me most of the time - rarely missing. I like it.

I have never had either of them work.

By that I mean, I have never been given a success or failure notification, nor any kind of effect on any creature(s).

I dont understand how this game can work fine for half the players, and work only half the time for the others...

Me neither.

I know for a fact that maskscent will make animals aggro from over 64 meters, even 70 meters away, but other players say this never happens.

Also, I tested those traps a lot and never got reports on whether they work, or status effects on animals.

Then again, no one on my server (Starsider) is confirming that maskscent attracts aggro's or that the Ranger traps work. Server specific?

-- YP

lol Ypiana, just so you know you are not crazy, mask scent is a liability in starsider, atleast for master rangers like me, or at least thats my experience too. The traps in questiondo work but very randomly. I say maybe 1 in 10 give you a success messege.