UO Second Age

Sentinel wrote:No, he makes perfect sense. Taking a sharp object and repeatedly bashing it against anything that's been armed is a sure fire way to harmlessly disable the cogs and such. Why do you think bomb disposal experts recommend shooting at the explosive device with a high powered assault rifle to safely disarm it?

Fwerp wrote:I am pretty sure that breaking trapped boxes (with an axe) should not result in the tinker trap going off. Currently, on live UOSA this does in fact happen.

Tactics that DO NOT work to open trapped chests:

Using Magic Untrap on the chest. This will accomplish nothing.
Using Magic Reflect on the chest. This will accomplish nothing.
Using an axe on the chest while the chest is in its lethal exploding configuration (trapped and unlocked), or its unlocked and disarmed configuration. This will make the chest explode and you take full damage. However if an axe is used on a trap that is locked and armed, the axe will destroy the chest without damage to the player. As you can see, the most useful configuration of the trap is its lethal exploding configuration. You can store things in it, but players cannot take the stuff. They blow up if trying to open it or hit it with an axe. A locked trapped chest is basically worthless as someone can just smash it with an axe to empty the contents.
Using Magic Unlock on the chest. This may unlock the chest, but the trap will remain active.

Sentinel wrote:No, he makes perfect sense. Taking a sharp object and repeatedly bashing it against anything that's been armed is a sure fire way to harmlessly disable the cogs and such. Why do you think bomb disposal experts recommend shooting at the explosive device with a high powered assault rifle to safely disarm it?

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