Auto-shot trap breakingFollow

I recently ran Ramps and BF with my 62 hunter. Occasionally I would trap a mob and then proceed to break my own trap in one of two ways:

A) The mob would get too close to me before the trap triggered and I would automatically switch to melee and hit him.

B) I would fire several shots at the mob to get him headed to trap and then be a millisecond too slow on switching targets or stopping the autoshot.

This only happened maybe 2-3 times over both instances...I was able to deal with the mob until I was able to retrap...but it was a little annoying and freaked out my tank. I don't want to turn off the "range ---> melee" option or the autoshot option. The obvious answers are stand further back from trap for A and get faster in switching targets for B. Is there a trick or tip that any of you could share that you use to avoid breaking your own traps?

99% of the time I have no issues...but the other 1% is what people seem to comment on in the group.

You should know that most of the orcs just before the first boss in Ramparts are immune to freeze traps. Its rather rude to get one shotted right after learning that.

If you hit steady, and then spam arcane you'll get three shots off almost simultaneously. At that point hit escape repeatedly and run to your trap. You can also replace arcane with concussive, which will give you more time to kite.

drop trap, arcane shot, [escape]
works great for me :)

I use arcane or aimed shot to pull the mob toward the trap and click off as soon as I see it is headed towards me, generally while I am clicking off I am backing up a few steps to avoid melee range just in case I didn't get clicked off.This also helps pull the mob to the trap especially if it is a caster and also allows for some time for an "oh crap" manuever in case the trap is resisted. Be careful while backing up that there are no mobs behind you. I know some groups will skip trash if possible and I have accidentally backed into it. While I am backing off I am furiously hitting the tab button to target the skull and then move into position to shoot and chain trap if needed.

Thanks for all the advice folks. I currently just click elsewhere on my screen to stop shooting. But sometimes this doesn't seem to work in hectic situations if I can't find an "open" area to click before the mob gets to me. It sounds like I'm going to have to start hitting ESC in order to fully stop shooting after I get aggro.

I knew there was some easy answer I was missing. Adding ESC and backing up to get out of melee range should help out a lot.

Assisting your tank may not be the best idea in the world. Tanks can change targets very often depending on the fight. You're better off designating another DPS for everyone to /assist (Rogues work well if they're competent) because they'll definitely be on the first kill target.

No, tank is not always best assist but the most common if the group is taking on single target. Truth is, you should target your assigned target, but that's an assumption. Frequently, you may have a target nobody else does if you are on 'pick up' duty. The possibilities for targeting are endless. I was just being simple phrased. I didn't want to get into qualifications as it would've turned a relatively simple concept post into war and peace.

I still have my autoshot set to one of my bars. When I go to pull, I usually do an Aimed shot, then arcane and auto.

During that time I have my mouse rested on my autoshot button. As soon as they hit I turn it off and wait.

Distracting shot does a flat 800 threat. Arcane shot causes as much threat as it does damage, and a lot of us are geared to the point that even a non-crit Arcane shot does a lot more than 800 damage.

So basically, if you're in dungeon blues, or even a green machine running a 5-man... chances are Distracting Shot is the way to go. However, once you start seeing your arcane shot doing more than just 800 damage- use arcane shot.

And a lot of hunters have a hard time pulling threat off of a tankadin. If that's the case, don't worry about it. If a hunter trying his/her damnest can't pull threat- a healer won't. The main reason we trap is because warriors and druids can't always hold threat on multiple targets, and the extras go straight for the healers. If the Pally just can't stay alive with multiple mobs on him, either he's undergeared, the healer is undergeared, or you just need a different form of crowd control.

Edited, Apr 21st 2008 3:33pm by ProjectMidnight