Traps are on the floor... now what?

I can't tell if I'm playing Traps wrong or if it's just not my flavor of powerset. It just feels like I have absolutely nothing to do after I've used all the powers once, except stand there and watch my pets/teammates do stuff, which is just dull. I may get to lay another Trip Mine every now and then after standing around long enough, but that's about it.

It's enough to almost make me consider taking the damn Pulse Rifle attacks just to have something to do while stuff is recharging. And anyone who remembers me from ~half a year ago will know I'm strongly against MMs taking personal attacks, so that's saying something.

The fact that Robotics is the most dull primary to boot doesn't help, but my main problem is still with Traps. Any tips on how to keep myself from falling asleep in combat after using every power once in the beginning?

No, that's what I'm saying. I lay all that stuff down (Mortar, FFG, Beacon, Caltrops, PGT) and then all I can do is spam web grenades for the rest of the fight..

Oh...Hrmm, Well you can always lay Down Acid Mortar when it's up as Well as Web Grenade...and then blow up a mob or two with Trip Mine...then use Poison Trap.

When I play my Traps defender I am always busy. Maybe I'm not reading into what you are saying correctly but a lot of traps powers you can spam whenever it's up...and acid mortar and Poison Trap seems to always be up (if you took hasten).

Maybe you should tell us how your "style" or what your combo is when you are on teams or solo.

You should be spamming web grenade. Not only is it an immobilise and thus keeps enemies in your minion's burn patches, but it's also get a pretty hefty -recharge component, so the more enemies it's on, the less incoming damage you'll get.

Of course, my /Traps MM does have the Pulse Rifle attacks (at least the last two), and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, and don't let these forums tell you otherwise.

I took the strongest rifle attack leveling up, but dropped it at 50. With burn patches and AoE immob, most groups don't last long enough for me to even lay all of my traps.

I agree that traps arent the most active secondary. But I find that if you open with seeker drones (To take the alpha) then drop either PGT or Acid Mortar that is enough for one spawn. Use the remaining power for the next spawn.

To keep myself busy I took a patron immob and use that + caltrops while I wait for everything to die. But coming from a bots/ff I don't mind the slightly lazy style of play.

Traps is active at the start of a fight, but unless it is a ong fight there isn't much to do once all the traps are out. Not that much more is needed after that point since everything dies

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If you can post your build, Col, that might give a better idea of what to look at and suggest.
Don't bother with the attacks. In fact, I respeced Alpha a while back and got rid of the personal attack, and actually found it MORE fun than when I had the attack.

If you dont have hasten, get it. And, really, treat your bots like an extension of yourself. They ARE attack powers.
I think the best advice I can give is; if you are sitting back and shooting, you are doing it wrong. Bots/Traps is all about not being as much in your opponents face as literally stampeding over him in a close and personal wave of trip mines, angry robots and seeker drones

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You can get one attack. I always get the second (slightly longer recharge) ST attack on my mm's so I can draw aggro or help with the damage when I have nothing else to do. Why is that wrong?

traps on the floor
traps on the floor
lookin' like a fool with your traps on the floor

(couldn't help myself there)

I would take the one attack but I end up just diving into the Presence pool. That one attack isn't enough to hold baddies attention once you get in the higher lvls even with Sands of Mu.

I get the photon grenades on my bots-masterminds sometimes for the AoE stun. It gets their attention, too.

Alpha. Taking Alpha.
My bad.

I'd like to see the build as well. You may need more recharge or more damage or some procs.

By the time all my traps are placed while on a team, that group is dead and then its on to the next one.

Solo it only takes slightly longer but not long enough to get bored. But I do have an Achilles heal -resist proc in acid mortar and 2 damage procs in caltrops to speed up the damage.

I didn't want to give the impression that I rely on my ST attack all the time. Of course I would usually drop down my debuffs and holds to start the action.
I used it a lot in early levels because it does do quite a good amount of damage to foes at those levels and helps to finish the missions quicker. At later levels I found it was useful to finish off that last little sliver of health on the last foe standing so I kept it in my build.

The only reason I bother taking a single-target attack is purely for pulling purposes. It's nice to be able to pull at least a few members of a spawn one-by-one to where I've got my pets stationed so that they're not just rushing in to be slaughtered by a boss and the half-dozen or more minions & LTs in the same room...

Helps pick off fleeing enemies, too, which is nice (especially Pulse Rifle Burst with its knockdown).