Talk: Paralyzing Trap

In-game text says something odd...

Trap
MP lost: 4 (1 turn)
MP lost: 4 (2 turns)

of course, the traps are all also claiming ridiculous trap sizes, as of recently, as well... ("Sets a trap of size 8", claims my Mass Trap - I wish).

are these both errors, or does the MP loss hit enemies worse than allies (as that seems to be a trend in recent spell updates), or is something else going on here?

- Telkoth (talk) 00:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Here the ridiculous sizes have been reported. Not so sure about the other effect... May be a typo, why don't you get a friend and a double and try it out? AdventuresOfASquirrel_zz^z12:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

yeah, that was me reporting it :P "telkoth." heh. anyway, testing it out with a double is a good idea. my only sram is not yet of high enough level to do so, however :P 3 more levels and I'll let you know >_>

- Telkoth (talk) 19:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Whoops, didn't look at the names, only the content. If I could get 2 more levels on my Sram, I'd test it first, but you're probably more likely to get there first. AdventuresOfASquirrel_zz^z12:26, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I did a little testing, with just the level 1 spell, and my conclusion is that it's bugged :P

Here are the things I tested, and observed, fighting with an alt so I could test things nicely:

Test 1

1. Sram lays Paralyzing Trap; walks just outside the trap (is adjacent to trapped squares)
2. alt walks into trap, and receives two effects: Immobilization (Sram trap) MP Lost: 4 (3 turns); and Immobilization (Sram trap) MP Lost: 4 (2 turns)
3. Sram ALSO receives the exact same two effects!

Test 2

1. Sram lays Paralyzing Trap; walks two spaces outside the trap (one empty square lies between the sram and a trapped square)
2. alt walks into trap, and receives the two effects. This time, the Sram does not also receive the trap.

So apparently the trap is going off and hitting a larger area than revealed, however the trap is not being set off until the visibly-trapped squares are walked on.

At least we've learned that the AP loss is applied to the targets twice, and it's not an ally/enemy thing >_>

- Telkoth (talk) 07:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

1 turn & 2-3 turns?

what does this mean? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.63.122.77 (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Difference between levels 2 and 3, Glyph grade. After doing a little testing, confirming that the post from 2009 is still accurate and that the trap DOES reach one space out of the trap glyph at level 2 and just now testing level 3 and not being hit with the drain just a few hours after the level 2 test, I feel that I can reasonably assume that the 'grade' change is refining the blast radius. However, I don't yet know how this affects grades 5 and 6 at their respective paralyzing trap levels. More testing from a higher level sram, I'll do level five myself within the next 48 hours, I suspect. 184.4.104.247 (talk) 11:11, December 26, 2011 (UTC)