[203] Acavado Spikes

Good traps ;)

 

Hey hey, rewind a bit. These work now, again, even though regular ceiling spikes have become tools of alchemy.

Hitting a ceilings spike screws up the block under the spike, but it doesn't screw up a retracted team bridge. So while, as I've tested, dirt background turns to stone blocks, and stone background stone turn to slopes and gold, and outposts turn into corner pieces then fallen gravel, tree trunks turn into doors and team doors turn into enemy doors; team bridges don't turn into anything.

Nor does air. And air spikes under the ceiling ones break the ceiling ones, doing you no damage unless you immediately land...
Really it's gotten pretty messed up but anyway Acavado Spikes work now. But you might want a backup plan if you don't want to be inconvenienced when someone puts somethere there to make the tile glitch, untouchable and unbuild-on-able until someone else dies from a spike. Just don't put weird shit instead of team bridges and you should be fine.

 

They still work in given situations, I do completely agree with that, but telling someone not to "mess it up" is often the common problem with all structures anyway:

You: "Hay, stop! Don't put that stone there!"
IT: "Huh? I'm helping noob."
You: "Please stop, that is nerfing it!"
IT: "No Your Dumb."
IT: "*griefs base* Happy noob?"
You: "-.-"

 

Right that is common, usually they get rid of everything they dislike or don't comprehend, and replace it with generic things they like and can see merit to (eg door hallway); specifically in this case I think it's unlikely they'll make sure to keep the part of your trap that could instakill you when replacing it with their own things due to the automatic "SPIKES BAD" reflex. But indeed, this can't be built if there are any people on your team who have a tendency to take it apart.

 

When this comes up, it's good to be the admin.

 

Hi, so maybe you guys have noticed that these things sometimes hit you randomly even with the team bridge? I found that this build (349) there are some things you'll have to add or else the trap won't be completely team safe.

One, on this structure you'll consistently take a heart of damage when you vault up without bracing against the side of the block, which happens every time when you notch climb.









It looks like an air-spike/auto-spike related effect since you can fix it by placing a second team bridge under the floating one.






Two, it seems an air spike forms when you jump in and the top door opens before the bottom door. This isn't as common since you have to do some pretty weird halting jump for it to happen.




turns into





Same deal, the effect disappears with a second team bridge.






Three, magical slide corner air spike magic. This happens if you hit the right corner, by wall-sliding perhaps, go through the spike maybe and land on the block on the other side.





Just don't let anyone touch the side of the ceiling block, if it's a problem.






and that's all I know of it. Ye be warned.

 

I prefer something like this:

 

You are finally saying what ive been thinking FOR AGES!
you go to build something for instance one way tunnel
and there minds have a meltdown and start breaking it to make it easier to get down :/

 

<rant>I love these traps, but am really _really_ fed up by builders on all servers just removing the spikes because 1 time out of 100, it hurts my team. I am really really fed up </end of rant>
thanks :)

 

Man this had Inspired me to learn to become a trap master.

 

could this be done with auto-spikes (ones that dont require you to jump on them)?