Skelly ships spawn rate

@flokiller94 said in Skelly ships spawn rate:

@kianonboard Cause he is part of this sinking ship thats Rare

He is a community member, he is not an employee.

Avoid the golden route marked on the map, it will have more skelly ships there than anywhere else.

I haven't noticed a change in spawn rates other than a few more lurking on the Smugglers route which seem to have a wider aggro area. One thing to note is pve like meg and skelly ship will essentially queue up. So if you are parked stationary for a long period ie taking awhile to do a quest, then once you set off they will both spawn on you. So be prepared, others have already shared tactics. Once you get comfortable they are not much challenge. I rarely need much more than one handful of cannons (plus a couple firebombs to keep skellies on deck dead) to sink a sloop so whoever is taking that many cannons is doing something wrong, maybe aiming mid deck against gally etc.

Good luck

@hiradc

whoever is taking that many cannons is doing something wrong, maybe aiming mid deck against gally etc.

Exactly this.

1. It can only be a galley, no way it's a skelly sloop
2. When I started playing the game and I was terrible at aiming, yes, I remember once spending around 90+ cannons to sink a skeleton galley.

Why? Cuz I wasn't spreading, wasn't using firebombs at all to disable them, and wasn't almost ever hitting lowest deck. Dragged that fight for almost an hour lol. Terrible 😂

But yea, if they run across some ballast balls, these are also great for sinking galleys fast, after good spreading, in case they don't want to opt for boarding and detonating new kegs.

@famousviking said in Skelly ships spawn rate:

Hi. Is it possible to have a look at the skelly ships spawn rate and strength?
It is becoming nearly impossible for solo players like myself to even complete any quests or even just get from island to island without being attacked by them. They spawn at ridiculous rates and it makes the game unplayable for some.

I think it's ridiculous that you can spawn in as a solo sloop and almost immediately get attacked by a skeleton galleon. It's basically an instant sink in this kind of scenario. Skeleton galleons are very tough to sink as a solo sloop.

I think it's ridiculous that you can spawn in as a solo sloop and almost immediately get attacked by a skeleton galleon

Now are we talking about.

1. roaming galleon?
2. galleon spawning from the depths?
3. doing smugglers route?
4. crossing fleet world event

Because most of these are avoidable. Sloops don’t have galleons spawn on them “immediately” they either part of an event or voyage. And they don’t attack unless you get to close.

@burnbacon said in Skelly ships spawn rate:

I think it's ridiculous that you can spawn in as a solo sloop and almost immediately get attacked by a skeleton galleon

Now are we talking about.

1. roaming galleon?
2. galleon spawning from the depths?
3. doing smugglers route?
4. crossing fleet world event

Because most of these are avoidable. Sloops don’t have galleons spawn on them “immediately” they either part of an event or voyage. And they don’t attack unless you get to close.

Since this season, Skalleons spawn on Sloops.

As they have the new kegs on board, they're rather easy to sink though (just as long as they won't explode close to your ship while you have a keg rowboat ... ).

@lem0n-curry

Then I must be that lucky pirate.
Not a single galleon has spawn on me. I’ve seen those galleons spawn on the route when I do smugglers voyage or off the distance, and sunk them. But never had one spawn while sailing next to me.

If that is all, pretty sure they be reduced. Much like the rumors of reducing explosion and damage by black kegs to ships. :(
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