My crew & I are all-too-familiar with fighting skeletons. We know the ins-and-outs of dealing with nearly everything they can throw at us... Except for the larger groups where every Skeleton has a firearm. Golds that do this are by FAR the worst. 9 times out of 10, you're dead before you can even get within bucket range, let alone use it, pull out your own firearm, and attack. Not to mention their infinite ammo vs your 5 shots per player (10 if you have the foresight to bring 2 guns, and the luck to not encounter Overgrowns)
The only methods we've found that work are:
- Kiting them around a corner where we've set up a gunpowder barrel
- Kiting them to the nearest ammo crate & pick 'em off one at a time (Usually the ship. Or we'll use the cannons, if we have a surplus of cannonballs & the ship is anchored far enough away).
- One person suicides into the middle to draw their attention so the others can get close enough to sword lunge & spam attack. (Or bucket/blunderbuss combo on Golds)
Even with these methods, it still takes us multiple tries and/or way too much time. So how do your crew deal with these nuisances?