I used to be good at traps and then a couple years back Sony decided to "fix" our trap sensing and disarming skills. I thought if I waited the "fixes" would be workable again. Well after a trip to the sewers I find that it is just as fixed and unworkable as when they 1st fixed it. Gotta love Sony..
Anyway, I thought I would share what my research has uncovered and if any other rogues (or other trap disarmers) have found anything to add, please post here so we can make are traps as workable as possible.
It seems that what they have done is decrease the sensing raduis to the point that sometimes the trap will sense you before you can sense it. There is an AA that may or may not help with this. Seems there is mixed feelings as to whether it helps or not.
Traps are now 'smart'. Where an ae can knock your SoS off and make you visible, a trap can 'see' you and make you visible. So AA like nerve of steel may not help against a trap.
One person said that if you have anything in your target when sensing traps you will not be able to sense it. that is corpses or anything. Frankly if someone thinks holding your tongue to one side while sensing traps helps I would try it hehe.
That was the best tidbits I found out there, please add if you have anything that works or helps and good luck out there fellow backstabbas
Did the sewers again, we bypassed the 1st trap it is not really in the way. After that traps were visible and I had no problem disarming them, I even sensed one tho more often I could see the trap but not sense it.
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I have often volunteered to help with the sewers just so that I can practice sensing and disarming traps. Since I know where all the traps are, I generally just walk up to where i know i am in safe range, and then I sense them, but i usually have to take a step closer to successfully disarm them. It seems there is only about a 10 foot range where you can safely sense and disarm them (which is about 20 feet from the trap to 30 feet.). Once i am in that range, I sense and disarm. However, outside that range i cant sense or disarm, and inside that range I trigger it. I have not put AA points into the trap detection, so if I were just running thru the zone i would trigger the traps before sensing them, simply because running would cause me to cover that 10 foot range too quickly and not be able to react by stopping quick enough to realize i had triggered it. There is one trap that is not on the map, btw, that people often trigger. If you don't know where it is, feel free to ask me in game and i can desvribe where it is. It is in the first or second hallway at far north of map when you start to head east.
