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maksymka

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Catching FB, Titans and Clowns without GCS webs
« on: August 27, 2012, 06:12:21 am »

Ok, I got an idea.
You now cage traps will trigger if FB or Clown will fall on it unconscious or immobile; hence, using GCS webs has been the best solution so far? However, I find the thing with capturing and then provoking GCS too much hastle. Here I am proposing a better solution which only involves pressurized water.
 
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. - open space
o - walls
+ - floor
^ - cage traps
X - Floodgates
k - Levers
# - pressurized water
 
 
So, when a FB gets in this narrow corridor, drawbridges(not drawn) trap him. 
Then on the opposite side, a lever is pulled that opens a certain FloodGate, shooting pressurized water at target, knocking him down on the cage trap.
 
QUESTION: Will it work? Would someone be willing to test it?
 
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Re: Catching FB, Titans and Clowns without GCS webs
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2012, 01:03:31 pm »

This might not work because F.B.s and clowns alike are immune to stun. They are vulnerable to webs, but not stunning, which is why G.C.S. set ups are common. Also they swim, fly and path through water, so the water pressure might not do it.
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Re: Catching FB, Titans and Clowns without GCS webs
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2012, 01:23:26 pm »

This might not work because F.B.s and clowns alike are immune to stun. They are vulnerable to webs, but not stunning, which is why G.C.S. set ups are common. Also they swim, fly and path through water, so the water pressure might not do it.

Won't the water push them aside, though? I thought water/magma pressure pushed things, which is how carp can get through fortifications on rivers.
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Re: Catching FB, Titans and Clowns without GCS webs
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2012, 01:50:34 pm »

It may or may not push him.  But irregardless of whether or not he moves onto the cage, or pressure smashes him into the wall, or he gets submerged...Nothing will stun him.  This is why you also cannot drop caveins next to them to shockwave them into the traps.

These factors are the reason the GCS webs are so damn famous and cliche, its the only method we have.
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Re: Catching FB, Titans and Clowns without GCS webs
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2012, 04:51:59 pm »

This might not work because F.B.s and clowns alike are immune to stun. They are vulnerable to webs, but not stunning, which is why G.C.S. set ups are common. Also they swim, fly and path through water, so the water pressure might not do it.
Won't the water push them aside, though? I thought water/magma pressure pushed things, which is how carp can get through fortifications on rivers.
The water might push him, but that is not the reason fish can go through fortifications on rivers. Rather, fish are able to go through because once a fortification tile has 7/7 liquid in it (either magma or water) then any creatures that can swim can go through the fortification as if it wasn't there.

And as celem mentioned, it won't work, simply due to the fact that FB's and clowns are immune to stun, meaning the only way to catch them are to catch them with webs.
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