User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-4130940-20170822184327

Seems like traps ( at least shock traps ) are indeed back, we can "see" them being used in a video posted by IGN recently...

at about 1:50 we get the note "Hunter 3: I just set up a trap" and then the monster goes into it where we see it is indeed a shock trap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHChhFmgVxo