>help files indicate that if you hold only a dagger that you
>have a chance to cut your way out of a snare, so i grabbed my
>level 1 dagger and walked into a snare and I got snared, i
>tried moveing a bunch and only got more entangled, if its
>supposed to work maybe an echo that says you try to cut your
>way free and fail?

Yes...there is a chance. You obviously failed that chance. Once you're snared, that's it you can't cut your way free.