So I take it you cannot hit a chest to check if it's a mimic/trapped anymore?

Doing so destroys items inside it.

Thats Dark Souls for you. If its something that will change the chances of the player dying, the devs will put it in/take it out.

But dont mimics grab and instagib you like they did in dark souls? How can you survive them if you run into one of them now that there is no way to anticipate them?

Aldemotte said:

But dont mimics grab and instagib you like they did in dark souls? How can you survive them if you run into one of them now that there is no way to anticipate them?

Mimics still have a tell but you're going to have to examine an actual mimic to notice.

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Also depends on what you hit it with. Use a Greatshield L2 and the chest is gone in one go *bad experience, sniff*

How ARE you supposed to deal with the traps then?

CrazyYanmega said:

How ARE you supposed to deal with the traps then?

Swap out to a fist and punch it.