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I would like to see a trap specific class. Something similar to a skeleton/gnome goggles that detonates traps moves 24 per sec 60 hp that sniffs out / digs up traps. This unit will sacrifice himself either imploding bombs or jumping on springs unless the bomb is less then 60 hp. Air bombs are altogether excluded from this thread I'll have later threads for the very few issues in those areas of the game
Realisitically speaking, would you take up troop space to create this troop? I know I wouldn't - what's to say it won't be killed before it reaches any traps? The only trap I worry about is the giant bomb, and if that's hidden behind walls then this rogue troop won't be of much use.
Well if the creation cost is that of a goblin I know I would make at least 3 per side of thier base I intend on attacking. And since we have bombs for walls you can send in a giant to take damage send in a bomb to take wall and send in the rogues to fish out traps before your entire army runs into that hole you just created only to run Into 1 big bomb. Seems some to me won't but some with a good strat can save 10 plus troops with the cost of 1
Some people might but I reckon the majority wouldn't bother with this troop. Assuming it has got past the outer walls, what's to say that an archer tower/wiz tower/cannon won't go and destroy them before they have a chance to do anything? There is very little reward for quite a big risk in this troop.
60 hp is enough to survive the simplest of defences true only the small bombs and if not proper in lvl to rogue but the rogue is no less survivable then the archer or bomb or goblin when it comes to wizard towers and single target dps like cannons but it's up to the operator to focus the fire on a giant pekka or Valkyrie first not saying people won't fumble at first but just like those week bombs we manage to get them through the fire and to the wall
I can see this being a novelty at first and then disregarded by the majority as bring far too cost ineffective.
I've used bombs to set off big bombs I've used goblins to set off big bombs the longer you play the easier you can spot thier placement on a base you want to attack when you reach the point you can spot the 2 spot gap in the base you might start looking for a troop that can set off that bomb and thus be at the point I've reached where 2 goblins or wall breakers max of 5 spots can clear big bombs that can wipe out an army of hogs or mages or archers 5 for how many you can save is the only math if people will use or not I'm telling g you I've been doing that math for a while
So let's look at it from another angle.
How would this troop know where to go? Would it go around aimlessly until it finds a trap or will it automatically know where the traps are?
If it's going around aimlessly then what's the point of it? It will be destroyed 9 times out of 10 before it finds a trap. If you already have an idea of where a trap is then I can use a barb or archer to activate it if it's outside of the walls. If it's inside the walls then I'm not taking a risk that this new troop will get inside the wall before it is either killed or another troop gets to it first.
If it knows where the trap is then how exactly is that fair on the defender? You might as well just show all hidden traps as this troop will go towards it anyway and give the game away. You could place them all around the base and see where they go.
The same function that allows goblins to go to res and giants... To defences would program Rogues to bombs and as for the use so thing else that doest work if there's a building in the way for the barb to attack. Most defences put a building to gather troops together then put the trap behind them closer to the wall depending I. The situation you can use a multiple of things I've even used a hog so he would run last the buffer building and into the bomb while pulling the enemy clan castle. Why not have a troop that can run around that dark barracks and jump on that spring or bomb instead of using other troops not designed for that purpose. Thus a new class forum where we find purposes in the game for new players and more strats I would love to see 50 different troops with specific purposes all working together and complimenting each other in 1 attack
Resources aren't hidden whereas traps are, that's the difference between a goblin going for something which is visible and this proposed troop going for something which is hidden.
So you say that people put traps near a building, say an archer tower, and they are attracted to it. How many of your troops would you propose to use to get to the archer tower to activate the trap before they are killed by the archer tower?
This new troop serves no real purpose when you take into account traps hidden behind walls. Chances are they will be destroyed before getting anywhere near the traps, and what's to say that normal troops wouldn't get to the trap first anyway?
If the trap is outside of the wall then chances are the attacker could make an educated guess as to where it is and send down an archer or barb to activate it, which will at least be able to attack something if it comes under attack or if the trap isn't where you suspect it to be.