So I took my alt hunter into her first instance last night. It was a group of alts for Deadmines. I was level 22, and we had two warriors, a paladin, and a priest. It was a rough start until the level 15 warrior dinged 16 and promptly left the group. After that, we four-manned it and it went much smoother. :)
Anyways, I hadn't really had much opportunity to try out my frost traps and figured the instance was a good place to start. LOL, I'm just lucky the whole group was forgiving as they were all learning their new roles as well.
Here's how it went:
I laid a trap too close to the warrior. Thunderclap broke it. I laid a trap near the priest when one went after him. The priest broke it trying to defend himself. I laid a trap away from others, but the mob hit me and my kitty was on defense so kitty broke it. I put kitty on passive and laid another trap, my auto-shot broke it.
So, what did I learn from this?
1. Lay trap away from where the tank is tanking.
2. Make sure others know you are trapping. (Marking helps as well.)
3. Put pet on passive.
4. Don't use auto-shot on trapped mob.
Did I miss anything? :)
Oh, once a mob has been successfully trapped, what's the best thing to do if it breaks early or the fighting lasts longer than the trap? Retrap? Sick pet on it? Kite it? (I still need to practice kiting.)
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Sounds like you're getting it.
I'd recommend always having your pet on passive all the time. :) It's a good habit to get into and you have so much more control if you learn to command your pet yourself. (I use ctrl+1 to send in pet but I think shift+t might work too).
I tend to stick a trap quite far away (hmm, sometimes too far away) and pull it off the tank with arcane shot once the tank has pulled (although this will not work with body pulls, which s/he probably won't be using anyway).
Ideally you want to have laid the trap some time before the pull, so it's a good idea to lay it as soon as you are in position. Once the mob is trapped I sometimes run across to another part of the room, laying a trap either near the already trapped mob (if cooldown is up... and don't lay it to close or it will mess up) or near my new position. Quite often you won't need to use the second one. If it resists then you could try sticking the pet on them, intimidation is good, if you have it. Sometimes you can be lucky with cooldowns and resists and sometimes... not. :)
Kiting can be useful if you are awaiting cooldown but there are a few limiting factors.
Hope that makes sense and hasn't been rendered obsolete by other posts that have been made while I've been typing this.
I'd recommend always having your pet on passive all the time. :) It's a good habit to get into and you have so much more control if you learn to command your pet yourself. (I use ctrl+1 to send in pet but I think shift+t might work too).
I tend to stick a trap quite far away (hmm, sometimes too far away) and pull it off the tank with arcane shot once the tank has pulled (although this will not work with body pulls, which s/he probably won't be using anyway).
Ideally you want to have laid the trap some time before the pull, so it's a good idea to lay it as soon as you are in position. Once the mob is trapped I sometimes run across to another part of the room, laying a trap either near the already trapped mob (if cooldown is up... and don't lay it to close or it will mess up) or near my new position. Quite often you won't need to use the second one. If it resists then you could try sticking the pet on them, intimidation is good, if you have it. Sometimes you can be lucky with cooldowns and resists and sometimes... not. :)
Kiting can be useful if you are awaiting cooldown but there are a few limiting factors.
Hope that makes sense and hasn't been rendered obsolete by other posts that have been made while I've been typing this.
Also, much is a matter of instincts and habits. If a mob is about to run into my trap I tend to press escape and untarget them so I don't auto shot by mistake. Other than that, turn around or keep moving so you can't shoot. :D
You'll develop your own flow. When I leveled, traps were out of combat only, so there should be more time to practice now.
You'll develop your own flow. When I leveled, traps were out of combat only, so there should be more time to practice now.
Duplicate, sorry.
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 2:01pm by fiercestcalm
Edited, Mar 10th 2008 2:01pm by fiercestcalm
Also, lay trap first, drink later (if you're drinking... if not just lay the trap asap). This will help the CD finish early enough for you to have a new trap waiting for the mob when the first one breaks.
However, you'll only find this remotely useful if you have a trap duration of 15-20 sec. The first ranks of Freezing Trap just don't cut it. While it can be nice to have a mob out of the game for 10 sec, CC isn't that big an issue when your ranks are that low. You'll be better off letting the tank tank it instead of wasting DPS on chain trapping.
However, you'll only find this remotely useful if you have a trap duration of 15-20 sec. The first ranks of Freezing Trap just don't cut it. While it can be nice to have a mob out of the game for 10 sec, CC isn't that big an issue when your ranks are that low. You'll be better off letting the tank tank it instead of wasting DPS on chain trapping.
For trapping, my suggestion is this. Find a place with mobs that you can pull one by one. Lay a trap down. When the CD is expired, pull a mob into the trap, then run away and put another trap down. When the first trap breaks, concuss the mob to slow them down. See how long you can kite trap the mobs. Pet on passive of course. Another thing you can do is try to double trap. that's where you do the same as above, except after the first mob is trapped you pull a second mob into the second trap. This works a lot better once you're higher level and your traps last longer. Good luck!
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