AudreyWinter: I had picked up all snare traps in the forest (free, yay!) and put them to use. I laid them all out... it takes time, yes, but it's so worth it, because it's so much fun to watch the poor thing try to break free. You can safely use signs or swords to your liking, as long as she hits more traps. Afterwards, you pick up the traps again and nothing is wasted.
They should really patch the no xp for traps annoyance, because it's silly. You do a lot of work, you think ahead and if you win a battle without getting a scratch, good for you.
Yeah, I pick them up after I have stepped in one, which happens a lot. : ). I was able to box in the Queens and it made life easy. Not so easy finding that guy to get my reward though. Oh well, guess I'll just deal with the Nekkers, then try to find the guy. Notice how I keep putting off dealing with the Kayran. : )