Report 665

Report #665
Skillset: Tracking Skill: SpringTrap
 Org: Paladins Status: Completed Aug 2011
Furies' Decision:
We will look at implementing solution 1.
Problem: Similar to Report #593, SpringTrap does not work properly when non-
solid walls are involved. This doesn't make sense and may have been an oversight
when this ability was changed to not move people past icewalls. Furthermore,
even though the ability fails, the trap is still activated and wasted.
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #1: Allow SpringTrap to work through non-solid walls
 (Briars, Firewall, Squalls).
[A: 0 R: 0] Solution #2: Same as Solution #1, but since Briars are arguably
 semi-solid, give SpringTrap a 5% chance of failure.
Player Comments:
---[Enyalida on 8/20 @ 17:02 writes]:
While the problem itself seems something like a bug, I don't see any need to
buff springtraps. I think a nice (and needed) change for springtraps would be to
give a thirdperson firing message when it fires on shrouded people, this change
seems unnecessary.
---[Enyalida on 8/20 @ 17:05 writes]:
I'd really look at buffing the less useful traps in tracking, springtrap is
pretty good as is, at least from an outsider's perspective. I'd love a way to
pull people back automatically when they try to tumble out, or a way to yank
them across my entire demesne with a little setup (or across the prime plane).
---[Enyalida on 8/20 @ 17:07 writes]:
Oh, on second thought: If a springtrap chain moved someone past, say... a
firewall, would that person still get the effects of the firewall (burns)? That
sounds amazingly overpowered.
---[Inagin on 8/20 @ 17:15 writes]:
The reason for this report is exactly that, because I think it is a bug. I
definitely do not mind changing it to show shrouded people though! As for the
Firewall comment, they do NOT get the effect of the wall.
---[Xenthos on 8/26 @ 23:30 writes]:
It does sound like a bug that it does not go through Firewalls or Windwalls.
Briars... well, hitting a wall of briars at high speed are probably not going to
do good things for either you or the briar wall. If we were being realistic it
would probably do a lot of bleed damage to you and kill the wall at the same
time, but that would be excessive! I don't really care either way if it is left
as able to block springtraps or allowed to go through it.