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A question about the hunting skill.

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I am making the assumption that by walking several squares away from the trap I make, I will have a better chance of success.

 

Am I right?

I actually do not know and I recently got 99 hunter. I always found it that by the time I could go away from my traps they were already sprung.

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Yep it would seem so, at least for some kinds of traps, i.e. bird snares (or so it says in our own Hunter Guide). I found a very old guide that also indicates better success for chinchompa hunting if you stand five squares away. So it might very well depend on what specifically you are trying to catch - what are you currently hunting?

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what are you currently hunting?

 

Tropical wagtails with a protean trap.

 

Yeah probably backing away about 5 steps wouldn't hurt then, if it is consistent with bird snare info, unless the protean traps somehow nullify the need for it.

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what are you currently hunting?

 

Tropical wagtails with a protean trap.

 

Yeah probably backing away about 5 steps wouldn't hurt then, if it is consistent with bird snare info, unless the protean traps somehow nullify the need for it.

 

 

But the thing is my question doesn't just apply to what I'm doing now, I might come back later to this thread for archival purposes.

Wearing the specific clothing that goes with whatevr area you are hunting in supposedly works as well. Sort of a camoflage from what you are hunting.

 

You can also smoke the traps to mask your scent, but that is pretty much of a pain.

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At lower levels, yes you should if they're "disarmed" by the creature often. You'll have a lot of spare time to do so since you have only a couple traps

 

Since you're using proteans I doubt you really need to as they like never fail.

 

The only hunter creatures you need to back away from are Pawyas and Grenwalls, once you get to high levels.

If you have time for it, why not? At later levels you won't have time for it, so don't do it then :P

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Distance from traps only matters when you're catching grenwalls, so yeah it's better to stay close most of the time.

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