using traps

[tyrellcorp]

hey hey,

this has probably been asked already , but i cant find it , so i am asking here, i tried using some of the floor traps to kill some of the monsters but when i do i dont get any experience points .. is this normal?


cheers

[pongsifu]

Yes that is normal because it doesn't actually kill them. If you jump down into the pit, unless you land on their head, they will be alive down there.

[Disasterrific]

I don't think you get XP when you land on them, draw them into a fireball/lightning bolt, make them hit each other, or anything else that you don't do directly. I can see a reason or two why this makes a little bit of sense, but it discourages clever play which is really unfortunate.

[pongsifu]

Ah I forgot about the lighting traps and such. Yeah it doesn't if that is all you use, but if you strike them and then let the trap kill them, you get the experience. It might be there for mobs that might wander onto a trap on their own, that way you don't get exp when you aren't even in the room.

[tyrellcorp]

thats annoying.. i just came across a room on level 3/4 that has 5 (!!!) spiders in it which i cant get by without getting slaughtered and i was hoping to use the floor traps to thin out a few.. a different strat is needed..?

[pongsifu]

You can still do that, you'll just have to do without the experience. However, I don't remember floor traps being anywhere near the larger amounts of spiders. You must really plan on kiting them along.

[tyrellcorp]

should have saved those fire/ice bombs.!!

[seebs]

I hypothesize that a mob only grants XP at all if it's got at least one of the "this slot hit me" bits set.

If you had a party of wussy mages, you could try having them all hit a skeleton group once, drop the skellies in a pit, and land on them.

[tyrellcorp]

of course it would be vastly more easier to do battle if you werent restricted by the camera movement , its very frustrating walking on a "grid" and constantly getting caught in a corner with no way to dodge etc..