Deerskin boots question

I am curious because I wish to make a puncture trap using Deerstalker boots, but when I put puncture into the gem slots in the boots, I get a message saying, "skill cannot be used" when I mouse over the hotkey for Puncture??
This happens no matter what type of trap I try to make with Deerstalker, cannot be used, so I am curious how to use Deerstalkers to make and actually throw a trap....
I need this for my level 28 PVP only character because it is difficult to find strong gear at that level, and thanks in advance for any replies!!

Bow needs to be equipped and active (not on weapon swap setup)

I am not using a bow, I am using 2 daggers, and they are equipped, but even with both daggers equipped I am getting the same thing, cannot be used??

I am not exactly sure what you mean by equipped and active to be honest, so the boots will not just throw the traps in any case?? Then what good are they??

Still, thanks for the response though it does not answer my question, this is frustrating, and I am about to give up on the puncture trap idea altogether now!!

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Chronodroid wrote:

Bow needs to be equipped and active (not on weapon swap setup)

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cortni wrote:

this is frustrating, and I am about to give up on the puncture trap idea altogether now!!

No, man, I think you should stick to daggers and keep trying, the forum is lately immensely fascinated by you so this would no doubt entertain it to no end.

Anyway, if you're interested in a reason, the reason is that trap would have to perform a melee attack with puncture if you're holding a dagger, and traps cannot do that. They can only cast spells or do ranged attacks, and my guess on the reasons for that is balance and realism, asking from your trap to perform a ground slam or flicker might be a tall order.

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raics wrote:

No, man, I think you should stick to daggers and keep trying, the forum is lately immensely fascinated by you so this would no doubt entertain it to no end.

Immensely fascinated by me?? How is that exactly?? I am NOT here to entertain anyone, I am here to ask a question, what is so amusing about that??
I am going to assume that you mean my posts regarding overtuned mobs in the game, which received unlimited criticisms, but NO useful responses....
What do you guys just sit around searching for posts to complain about, and WHY??

Also, I have been informed that you CAN make a Puncture trap, which is what I wish to do, but I am having a time trying to use the Deerskin boots to do so, but it just won't??

If that question is somehow entertaining, or fascinating to someone then tell them to answer the question instead of sitting around trying to troll me for no reason!!

The reason it's entertaining is because you don't listen to what anybody has to say. You said you get no useful responses. But that's only because you don't want to listen to anybody. The reason you can't use daggers with a trap has already been stated. You can't use ANY MELEE skill with a trap. When you have melee weapons equipped, puncture is a melee skill. When you have a bow equipped, puncture is a bow skill. It's that simple.

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cortni wrote:

I am not using a bow, I am using 2 daggers, and they are equipped, but even with both daggers equipped I am getting the same thing, cannot be used??

I am not exactly sure what you mean by equipped and active to be honest, so the boots will not just throw the traps in any case?? Then what good are they??

Still, thanks for the response though it does not answer my question, this is frustrating, and I am about to give up on the puncture trap idea altogether now!!

It says on the wiki:

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Attack Skills: Trap will affect a linked attack skill if that skill is ranged. Attacks such as Frenzy and Elemental Hit, which normally operate with ranged or melee weapons, will only be affected by trap if you have a ranged weapon equipped.

Puncture normally operates with both ranged and melee weapons. Hence it can only be used as a trap with a ranged weapon.

It's not easy to know this i know. I had to find out the hard way too when i was attempting to use a ranged attack totem with a melee weapon.

They really should mention this information somewhere ingame.

As for the rest, I have realized that it is true that the trap will not work unless I use a bow, so I have switched out the daggers for a bow to use the puncture trap. Although, with the recent Nerf Patch 1.3.0, puncture has taken a VICIOUS hit from Grind Gear, and so may not be a good idea any more.
Anyway, I DO listen to what people post to me, if it is a realistic change that can be made, but I do not pay heed to people who post that I should completely rework a toon I have spent so long building to something entirely different just because there are a multitude of highly overtuned mobs running around the game, and maps. These people might as well just say roll a new character. :P Which is the exact type of comments that have absolutely NO BEARING whatsoever on my posts about overpowered mobs in the game.
I was NOT asking for advice on my build honestly, I was stating something that I had witnessed in the game, and the only reason I posted my gear at all was because someone posted that I was undergeared because I could not defeat these overtuned mobs. I posted my gear, which included a 6 link legacy Shavs, and from there on the post turned into a relentless, accusatory gripe about how I obtained the chest, which also had NOTHING to do with my initial posts, and boiled down to pure jealousy over me having a piece of gear that they did not have, and so they turned the post into a chance to attack me over having better gear than they do.

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