Do runes of trapper and dargonhunter effect thief preparations

[Brycar.2651]

Thief traps were replaced with preparations. Wiki doesn’t say if these runes help preparations.

[Svarty.8019]

I think they removed traps for a reason.

 

As with everything Arenanet, what that reason was would probably confound and confuse entire nations, were it to be known!

[Linken.6345]

they do not since they aint traps

[joneirikb.7506]

Still suspect they changed the skills from traps to preparations because they where sick of the interactions with the Trapper-Runes.

 

I still remember how annoying (but pretty useless) GhostThief was in WvW, and I still remember how quickly they hit the nerf button once someone soloed a raid with that GhostThief.

[Hannelore.8153]

It wasn't nerfed due to Trapper runes, it was nerfed due to Dragonhunter runes, because Thief could stack 25 Might in stealth as Traps are non-damaging if placed somewhere innocuous and thus don't break stealth or cause Revealed on the Thief.

 

It allowed Daredevils to come out of stealth with 20-25k Vaults and contributed significantly to that meta. Of course this still happens but at least now they need to be visible while ramping up their damage (mostly), which gives a chance at counterplay.

 

It would've been better to change it to "Gain might when a Trap is triggered" instead of "placed"..

[Brycar.2651]

I want to play a thief with preparations just because I’ve never tried it. Any advice on what sigils and runes to use?