What IDIOT Came up with the Snake Trap?

External Since: Oct 08, 2004 Posts: 979

On 1 Feb, 08:53, Mark Neil Konrad <nos....DeleteThis@nospam.org> wrote:

> now i realise what happened.
> these hunters placed the trap and you had consecration (? is that the name
> of that pally aoe?) cast, thus engaging the snakes.

No, as I understand it, the snakes engage targets that aren't flagged
for PvP. You don't need to attack them for them to attack you but you
do need to attack them to be flagged. The natural reaction to being
attacked is to fight back so it works on most. Low level players
could even be killed by the snakes if they don't fight or run.

> your main is a rogue ? theres some cool thing you can do infront of
> zul'aman. sneak up to two horde dueling and wait til someone activates some
> kind of aoe during the duel. they will engage you doing that and then you
> can watch how the guards around zul'aman crush them Wink

Is there something special about Zul'Aman? As I understand it AoE
will not normally attack players if you are not flagged for PvP.

steve.kaye

External Since: May 11, 2007 Posts: 6

On Jan 31, 6:31 pm, "JohnR" <repro....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Aboo" <jhemph....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:7e0927f3-ff9d-4f73-a96f-94c0ca73e4da@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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> > On Jan 31, 1:49 pm, Tib <pats....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jan 31, 1:36 pm, lcpltom <lcpl....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > On Jan 31, 2:30 pm, Tib <pats....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > > Why should it flag at all. It's a trap, not a pet. And the snakes do
> >> > > kill low-level characters who are not flagged.
>
> >> > There are a lot more rules as far as PvP griefing on PvE servers, did
> >> > you try reporting him?
>
> >> No...I didn't report him. It happened to me on a Pally-alt. I saw the
> >> two 70 tauren hunters standing there, and was intending to ignore
> >> them, but I was busy fighting 2 ogres (I'm hedgehog build, so no
> >> problem) and I did not realize snakes had even engaged the snakes
> >> before they killed my and I saw my PVP flag had come on. The hunters
> >> killed me, not the snakes, but they were damaging me.
>
> >> I logged out and onto my rogue and caught up with them raiding rebel
> >> camp. I killed one, and then it turned into a big us versus them and
> >> their friends at sentinel hill.
>
> >> I have other family members who this has happened to since, and it is
> >> my understanding that they did report it. No word on any response yet.
>
> > Umm, the snakes don't chase you that far, just jog off a bit and don't
> > hit them.
>
> > Although I could see how a lvl 70's snake trap might take down a low
> > level character fairly quickly...
>
> If you're a Paladin dropping consecrations won't this trigger pvp or a Mage
> mid AoE or whatever? Or even passive dmg shields? If aoe or dmg shields do
> damage to them and trigger pvp flag I'd have to say it would be impossible
> to avoid unless you were expecting it and very ready.

In my case this is not true. Not all Paladins are created equally. I
am a hedghog/protection build which means I am specced fmor melee...I
gain health from being hit in melee as well as by my own melee
attacks. AoE does not result in these heals ans so, at least when I am
soloing, I choose melee targets and use melee attacks..not AoE.