Traps are really pointless if you think about it...

Ok I like to play builder a lot. I like to set up a defensives for my team and watch people die trying to get past it, but then I thought to myself. This is wrong. If I focus on playing the game in such a way that my team has to be losing, that my teams base has to be constantly assaulted for any action to happen for me I'm playing the game wrong. Because what is going to happen is if my team can't hold the enemy back no matter how good I make a base they will eventually break through. A trap can't move, it just sits there so if it kills one guy he will just come back and either avoid it or destroy it.

In reality a builder is supposed to move forward. He is the guy who ladders the enemy towers(another reason why traps are useless) . He is the guy who entombs himself in front of the enemy flag and burrow there way through. All of these builders builders/building critiques are essentially useless if they focus on traps.

I'm not saying we shouldn't make defenses, but we shouldn't waste are time making traps because in the end they won't help your team win. I guess a trap in the middle or next to the enemy base wouldn't be terrible, but if you can have the time and safety to build a trap in the enemy base it probably means your team was winning anyways so the trap is still less effective.

Please tell me why traps aren't useless. They are the funnest things to make in this game, but I realized they won't help you win.

 

well I played a lot KAG and I saw many people focusing on making huge traps (what they called "The Death Pit") it was a resources waste and time loss and it's not even useful. This DOESN'T mean that traps are useless or "pointless" bro. If you build a nice "hidden" and "tricky" trap I believe you will guide your team to victory.I am not that good when playing as builder that's why I try to make little and useful traps that won't need huge quantity of resources and won't waste my time , just try to locate a good placement for the trap and try to hide it with anything possible and you will see how much it is useful when you kill with it +20 enemies (especially those in a hurry :p ).
So traps aren't 100% useless but they are kinda 60% useful , it just depends on the map , resource , time and the trap design also I am sure that making traps will be the best thing in KAG after @Skinney 's cool stuff get added to the game, believe me

 

Small traps, traps that can slow down the enemy are what more teams need, efficient traps are key.

 

kegs have obsoleted traps. they are only for fun now

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in fact prolific explosives have p much obsoleted all the clever builds, everything is fairly straightforward now

 

I wish there was some kind of buff to traps, to actually make them useful. As of right now, only autists build traps or the pros build unique funny traps that are novel but useless.

 

@Ruleral

 

I mean spikes kill people what's wrong with killing people? You can't always just press A/D and go for the flag lol, sometimes you slow down and put some spikes for crowd control.

 

Traps are:

-Extremely fun
-Very useful in slowing down/deterring your enemy from attacking through a certain path
-Effective when there is large fight taking place around them, when the enemy can't pay full attention to avoid the trap
-Well-placed saw traps can be reall killfarms. I've had multiple games where just one single saw had probably the highest killcount on the server

My big issue with traps is that there is one most effective (the saw trap) which stifles creativity. Tramps for one should be improved to be more useful.


Also I'm still bummed out that my mighty tramp trap was not an original design apparently :(

 

First trap isn't a guaranteed kill, but I kind of like the second one. I guess my question is why even use the trampoline? Is it because of the bedrock and you wanted stone spikes instead?

 

because its funny

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we need a mod that plays a laugh track whenever someone dies to spikes, saws, or drowning

 

Then a bomb just destroys the spikes and you will have knights just flooding into your flag room.

 

but before that it's fucking hilarious, and if your team is good they'll stop the knights and you can repair

 

And a sad trombone when you self-destruct.

 

you know this is a game right? also that trap lasted longer and killed more than i expected thanks to the knight shop

 

Does it really matter if traps don't contribute to a win for the team in the grand scheme of things? The point of any game is to have fun. If your fun is dependent on winning and you believe traps don't help, then don't use them (and for that matter, don't play team-based competitive games, because you have to rely on other people's skills).

If, on the other hand, you enjoy watching people fall into your well-devised sawblade pit o' doom and don't care what anyone else thinks, keep using them.

 

Wow that is really rude if you ask me