Spring Trap shouldn't activate when a hero walks on/over it

Small little tweak that could be helpful.

Meh...may I ask, why should the hero be nerfed in this way / spring traps be buffed in this way? I personally disagree with the idea but I am rather perplexed as to the reasoning behind it.

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Originally Posted by Radiating

Meh...may I ask, why should the hero be nerfed in this way / spring traps be buffed in this way? I personally disagree with the idea but I am rather perplexed as to the reasoning behind it.

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It doesn't really nerf the hero, it has 0 effect on the hero even if it was activated, I'm just saying this is just a simple thing that could be implemented. It would save us some trap rearm cost. It's also pointless for the spring trap to activate if it isn't going to have an effect on the hero.

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Originally Posted by Goempel

It doesn't really nerf the hero, it has 0 effect on the hero even if it was activated, I'm just saying this is just a simple thing that could be implemented. It would save us some trap rearm cost. It's also pointless for the spring trap to activate if it isn't going to have an effect on the hero.

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It sort of does by removing some viability as a trap triggerer. Trap rearm costs are already low. And the pointless part, just because its actions are futile doesn't necessarily mean it should trigger.

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Originally Posted by Goempel

It doesn't really nerf the hero, it has 0 effect on the hero even if it was activated, I'm just saying this is just a simple thing that could be implemented. It would save us some trap rearm cost. It's also pointless for the spring trap to activate if it isn't going to have an effect on the hero.

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It has no effect on the hero, but it could save other troops behind the hero from getting flung up by the trap.

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Originally Posted by CometSmudge

It has no effect on the hero, but it could save other troops behind the hero from getting flung up by the trap.

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Yeah, that is the purpose of a trap, the purpose of a trap is to harm the troops. Right? It would stop that protectivity. Ask yourself this: If a trap isn't going to work on a hero, then why should it activate?

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Originally Posted by Goempel

Yeah, that is the purpose of a trap, the purpose of a trap is to harm the troops. Right? It would stop that protectivity. Ask yourself this: If a trap isn't going to work on a hero, then why should it activate?

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Because the trap is triggered solely on the presence of a troop, not whether it will work or not.

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Originally Posted by Radiating

It sort of does by removing some viability as a trap triggerer. Trap rearm costs are already low. And the pointless part, just because its actions are futile doesn't necessarily mean it should trigger.

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Is that the purpose of a hero? No. So that is invalid.

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Originally Posted by Radiating

Because the trap is triggered solely on the presence of a troop, not whether it will work or not.

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Not a HERO.

It is a pressure plate, and when a person puts pressure on it, it trips it, regardless on if it a small person or a giant,

Just like you can set off antipersonnel mines with a tank tread. The mine doesn't bother the tank a bit, but still gets triggered.

It makes more sense for a trap, that is in of itself rather dumb, to get tripped by practically anyone that gets within range; than it is to somehow make it more complex and not trip when it isn't ideal.

You can't have it both ways. People come up with these ideas shortly after being somewhat miffed by a defense loss, and wish their defenses had that advantage. They often don't stop and think how it will affect their own attacks.

So do you really want to tip the power towards all defenses being more effective? Remember, if that was put in, your big Heroes can't protect your troops from Spring Traps like they used to. That Barbarian King walking a little faster than the group of giants he is with, tripping Spring Traps, isn't going to happen anymore.