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Comment by 497042

R.I.P Freezing Arrow.

Comment by Toldry

It's a Trap!
And It's Heading Straight For Us!(##RESPBREAK##)12##DELIM##Sas148##DELIM##

Comment by matoh

just dont launch a snake trap into a plane .....

Comment by wynaught

So glad to see they were finally able to get this working.

I remember they tried to get this in for the patch that gave hunters Black Arrow in the Survival tree. This was actually supposed to be where Black Arrow currently is.

Seems as of the current beta build Survival still has Black Arrow and this will just be a trained skill.

Comment by Derichian

Admiral Ackbar Certified and Han Solo Approved.

Comment by Lavafrost

So much beautiful potential. This skill allows for some major creativity with traps.

Comment by gfysprez

I will admit that when I first heard about this ability I was more excited about this then any other “Cata” ability we were “to be getting”. I thought about how nice it would be to not have to run up the Saurfang’s platform in ICC and drop Ice/Frost Traps to CC the Blood Beasts anymore. There would be no more messing up everyone else’s separation on that fight, no more lost time not DPSing Saurfang. I thought “hey, macro the launcher and the trap - one button hit - simple and quick”. Sadly this is not the case, first off there is some kind of cooldown when you trigger the launcher to “activate” the traps to be thrown that messes macroing this. (I’ve tested the macro with every other ability I’ve got in place of the trap to launch and get “not ready yet error” with the trap icon “lighted up” to be launched - leading me to believe that the launcher has a hidden cooldown) (and if I leave the trap in I get “invalid target” - huh what target? This is an AoE ability (and sadly not a very good one either) - there is no target)

Now I still love the launcher in PvE (or any other time when I’ve got enough time to hit a couple of buttons) - it’s a very handy ability and as a SV hunter (see entrapment talent and SV Mastery) this can be an extremely effective tool in our arsenal. BUT us hunters don’t really need help PvE/Solo do we?

In short - yes I love it - just think it’s a failed implementation currently.

Comment by Longtooth

I wonder if when the Trap Launcher is activated all traps get a new Spell ID. And when you macro it you try and cast the old spell ID of the normal trap version.

It makes sense but i am not sure how i can test this.

Comment by elitearthas

guess its like the Tree of Life issue where people couldnt cast Renew or something via Macro due to the Spell IDs being different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOdeGgjRqvM

From what i can tell, in beta, explosive trap seems to land on the boss (target) w/o need to cast trap launcher

Comment by yatesl

To make a macro with the traps:

#showtooltip Explosive Trap
/castsequence reset=5 Trap Launcher, Explosive Trap(Fire - Trap Launcher)

#showtooltip Freezing Trap
/castsequence reset=5 Trap Launcher,Freezing Trap(Frost - Trap Launcher)

#showtooltip Ice Trap
/castsequence reset=5 Trap Launcher, Ice Trap(Frost - Trap Launcher)

#showtooltip Immolation Trap
/castsequence reset=5 Trap Launcher, Immolation Trap(Fire - Trap Launcher)

#showtooltip Snake Trap
/castsequence reset=5 Trap Launcher, Snake Trap(Nature - Trap Launcher)

Comment by 29456

These are the macros I use; just replace Immolation Trap with your trap of choice. Left click to drop a normal trap, right click to activate launcher (then left click to fire). The only caveat is that you still have to have the actual trap spell from your book someplace on your bar -- I dumped all my traps into my 2nd (hidden) actionbar. Otherwise the macro won't work for some reason. For me, this was the best solution to let me keep all traps on visible bars and still have the choice to launch them quickly if needed. It sucks having to "work around" the broken UI by keeping the un-modified spells on a hidden action bar, but, it works.
#showtooltip
/cast Immolation Trap; Trap Launcher

Comment by 632461

There's a split second delay that doesn't allow you to use a trap instantly, so you can't macro this with your spells. Not a problem for pvp where you wouldn't wanna bind each trap to the launcher and then without launcher cuz that doubles your binds, and you're probably almost out of binds anyway. In pve it's a minor inconvenience. Easiest way to do this is to bind trap launcher and your traps all close together. ie. Trap Launcher is shift+F, Explosive Trap is shift+X, Ice Trap is shift+R, and Freezing Trap is E.

Comment by 634647

i solved the press one button problem, i have traplauncher bound to my V key and i have the folowing macro bound to my F key

#showtooltip
/cast Freezing Trap
/cast Explosive Trap

seeing as those are the traps i use most, it keeps things simple, when you hit V to activate trap launcher you need to pause about 1/4 second then press the F/ shift+F to activate the traps. otherwise you just place the trap on the ground.
for the macro to work, you need to have the spells somewhere else on your visible action bars. may not be the best thing, but it works for me.

Comment by 325060

I think I found a problem to our collective hunter trap launcher macro issues. This is what I did.

I had, in Wrath, Freezing Arrow bound to my thumb button on my mouse, so I bound Trap Launcher to my thumb button to replicate that functionality. I have my frost traps on one button, Freezing Trap for and Ice Trap for . Same thing for fire traps, is Explosive Trap, for Immolation Trap.

I, like all of you, kept getting Invalid Target errors. On every trap. Except Immolation Trap. I didn't know why. Even clicking Trap Launcher in the spell book, and then the trap of choice in the spell book would get Invalid Target, cept Immo Trap.

Then I saw it.

I had Immo Trap on my bars. Not just the macro, but the actual spell. I had dropped it on there for something earlier. That's when I realized it.

You have to put the trap spell itself, not just in a macro, on your bars. This will allow your macros to work.

So I created a hidden bar, in Bartender, and put my traps on it.

Voila. Trap Launcher -> Trap Macro now works. For all traps. It's is as simple as that.

Good Huntering.
Quasa - Goblin Hunter, US Echo Isles

Comment by shadowkras

Without realizing i had it done like you did already, because i kept the spell icons in there for the case i want to drop the traps on my feet and not waste the focus on it (mostly, for ice and freezing traps).
I was surprised to see that people had so much problems trying to macro it but mine was working fine, couldnt find a relation.

Im using /castsequence Trap Launcher, !<Trap Name>, to prevent it from using the focus twice before i shoot my trap.

Comment by JopoFirecrack

I can't believe nobody said this yet:

Activating this spell does not break Shadowmeld for Night Elves.
This means if you're shadowmelding on defense at a node, you can precisely aim your trap without worrying about kiting/shooting.
Placing the trap will break Shadowmeld though.

Good to know when you're not able to Camouflage yet.

Comment by DoraTE

Trap launcher is now an aura, you only need to turn it on, and it stays on till turned off. The macro

#showtooltip Freezing Trap
/cast !Trap Launcher
/cancelaura Trap Launcher
/use Freezing Trap

Will turn the aura on with ctrl, off with shift, and launch/place a freezing trap if the aura is not changed (i.e. needs two clicks if you change the aura).

Comment by Yakeshi

Some more interesting uses of this ability include trapping Warlocks demonic gates, demonic circles, and Monks Transcendence spirit locations.

Comment by Wanro

Not sure why you'd ever turn this off

Comment by smtips

This is just BROKEN. Just does "Invalid Target" when any trap is selected with this on, whether you have a target selected or not.

Does anyone have a solution for this? Blizzard has become such an AI SLOP nightmare it's nearly impossible to open a ticket now!

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Trap Launcher

Trap Launcher

Instant	1.5 sec cooldown

While active, your Traps are launched to a target location within 40 yards. Lasts until cancelled.

Buff

Spell Details

Duration

n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

1.5 seconds

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Freezing Trap

PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Freezing Trap

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Explosive Trap

PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Explosive Trap

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Ice Trap

PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Ice Trap

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Snake Trap

PVP Multiplier: 1
Affected Spells:

	Snake Trap

Flags

Is Ability
Do Not Sheath
Stops auto-attack
Does not break stealth
Generates no threat
Persists through death
Allow Entering Arena
Aura Points On Client
Spellcast Override In Spellbook

Trap Launcher

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