View source for NVMRC Forcefield Trap or Mouse DeathBot?

Seeing as these two traps are of similar price, many hunters are torn about which trap to buy.
Both traps will serve the hunters well. However, there are some key differences that are worth noting.

The short answer is that the [[Mouse DeathBot]] is more powerful and the [[NVMRC Forcefield]] is luckier. Read on to get the facts and draw your own conclusions.

==Stats==
Shown in the table below are the statistics when combined with the respective [[Base]]s. Click on the sorting box beside a particular attribute to do a quick comparison.
{| border="1" class="sortable" cellpadding="5" style="margin:0 0 20px 20px; border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cccccc"
 ! Trap
 ! Base
 ! Power
 ! Luck
 ! Cheese Effect
|-
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Birthday Cake Base]]
 | 3,245 || 2 || <span style="display:none;">-9</span>Stale
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Dehydration Base]]
 | 3,019 || 6 || <span style="display:none;">3</span>Extremely Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Explosive Base]]
 | 3,240 || 2 || <span style="display:none;">-8</span>Very Stale
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Polar Base]]
 | 3,250 || 6 || <span style="display:none;">3</span>Extremely Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Stone Base]]
 | 3,188 || 2 || <span style="display:none;">0</span>No Effect
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Wooden Base]]
 | 2,800 || 2 || <span style="display:none;">1</span>Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[Mouse DeathBot]] || [[Wooden Base with Target]]
 | 2,846 || 2 || <span style="display:none;">-9</span>Stale
|-
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Birthday Cake Base]]
 | 3,106 || 12 || <span style="display:none;">0</span>No Effect
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Dehydration Base]]
 | 2,884 || 16 || <span style="display:none;">4</span>Insanely Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Explosive Base]]
 | 3,101 || 12 || <span style="display:none;">-9</span>Stale
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Polar Base]]
 | 3,111 || 16 || <span style="display:none;">4</span>Insanely Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Stone Base]]
 | 3,050 || 12 || <span style="display:none;">1</span>Fresh
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Wooden Base]]
 | 2,671 || 12 || <span style="display:none;">2</span>Very Fresh
|-
 ! align="left" | [[NVMRC Forcefield Trap]] || [[Wooden Base with Target]]
 | 2,716 || 12 || <span style="display:none;">0</span>No Effect
|}
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==Evaluation==
The Mouse DeathBot always outdoes the NVMRC Forcefield Trap in [[power]] (sometimes by quite a significant amount), but the NVMRC Forcefield Trap has a ''much'' higher [[luck]] total. So which is better, power or luck?

Luck allows the hunter to capture a mouse, regardless of difficulty. Luck will give you a better chance to catch more challenging and difficult mice like the [[Bat Mouse]], [[Burglar Mouse]], [[Monster Mouse]], and [[Zombie Mouse]].
Overpoweringly strong, [[physical]] mice like the [[Mobster Mouse]] are most often caught through luck. However, luck is not reliable -- it doesn't always work and doesn't work anywhere near as often as power does. Power is the more sure and steady way to catch mice, but it cannot catch all mice.

Additionally, the DeathBot can be transformed into the [[PartyBot]] if one receives a [[Party Hat]] as a [[Birthday Gift]] or buys a party hat from [[Ronza's Traveling Shoppe]]. The PartyBot has higher luck ''and'' power ratings than either the ordinary DeathBot or the NVMRC Forcefield Trap, and the latter cannot be enhanced through [[crafting]] at the present time.

In the end, it comes down to preference and the likelihood of obtaining a party hat. It is generally not worth buying both traps since many mice beyond the [[Laboratory]] have different [[Traps#Power Types|power types]], making all physical traps "[[Effectiveness|less effective]]" in the hunter's future.

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