by
Tymefor
» 19 Oct 2014, 22:05
tested with 20 traps literally side by side, inside fort, jammed 4 deep between houses and wall. longest trigger time was 3 hours 12 mins. So Civilization proximity is broken atm. many reports on mantis about this already!!
There currently isn't any reason to relaly find a "best spot" although in woods testing with 20 traps strung out all over different places. the longest trigger time was 6hrs and between 10-20mins (running time to check on it made timing inaccurate).
so actually something is broken with placement in wooded areas. the top 6 longest traps were all within 1 tile of a tree stump. But that could be a coincidence due to 1 trap triggering in 1 hr that was next to one aswell.
The average to large batches seems to come in at a bit under 3hrs. hence why I suggested the increase of 1 hour.
Although fixing the civilization proximity will probably make the suggestion moot. But the penalty for claim the trap while claimed should be bigger to make people really think about wether or not to steal it.......or wait and ambush the trapper when he comes to collect muhuhauahua.