Powder Keg Skeletons

@steveboddy I don't think they're THAT bad, I just shoot the knees and now I have 100 gold more worth in loot, but I dislike them because they make the only viable weapon in PvE play the flintlock, they restrict player choice. My favorite weapon is the blunderbuss and thats just an impossible weapon to use against them, ya never know when they'll show.

@nefnoj thats a good point too. I just think when adding in mechanics it should improve the player experience and with how these have been implemented, it's kinda done the opposite.

@goedecke-michel i never said to remove them. Just to lower how often they pop up. It's a bit overboard

@SteveBoddy I believe the frequency is changed depending on what voyage you are on. Have you been running athena or high level voyages?

Agreed. They make the game too easy and/or annoying.

@galactic-geek said in Powder Keg Skeletons:

They should make it so that the gunpowder skeletons take considerably longer to rise up out of the ground, giving you a chance to attack or run away. In this way, they wouldn't be so annoying, but could still surprise you from a nearby bush, for example, where you didn't see them claw their way out of the ground.

I like this solution. Gunpowder barrels are big, so logically would take a while to get out of the ground. Additionally, it could give sword/blunderbuss users a chance to kill them without dying. Maybe make it so that if you kill them while they're partially under the sand, you have to use your shovel to dig the barrels up, without them being volatile until they're completely exposed.

@galactic-geek They currently make a different sound when they come up. That's what I listen for. If I hear that, I start running to put distance between me and them.

Me, I love them.

I would say that I have to agree that the spawn rates seem to be a bit high right now. It is funny, they don't spawn enough when you are working on OoS islands, but chest islands they are constantly popping up. Just the other day I was doing a map and I had to run to water after each dig, in some cases before I even got back to dig. And as the OP said, it is usually 2-3 at a time, so trying to shoot out the knees while back peddling doesn't work.

I personally love them, they're so much fun! They can also be really helpful in various ways. Speeds up killing captains and waves, if you get stuck on an island and can't move, or if you get like 5 of them in a train you can run around the island with Yakity Sax playing in your head and as you run by a teammate digging up a chest or fighting skellys and just yell out 'Hey, I found your friends!" and cut past them so that the pain train aggros on them and listen to the sweet sounds of explosions and getting called every name in the book.

But if you're taking it seriously and trying to accomplish something, they can be a pain. I'm looking at you, Crooked Masts. Still, I hope they don't change them though.

I honestly like having a bunch of gunpowder skeletons, makes skeleton forts easy, but I do agree. I think Rare should decrease the number of normal island skeletons that spawn with them.

What voyage are you using? I get almost none on 50gh but get 5-6 on athena

@cstrap actually I find them quite useful. All I do is run away turn and fire.. and they are eliminated quite easily. In order of soul missions especially in devils roar.. you don't even have to fire most of the time.. you just run around and place yourself between them and a geyser and they blow themselves up. Or run to the water let them gather and kill a bunch with one shot. Maybe set your spring button to something other than the thumb stick to make it easier to run away.

@ram2k14 that should have said sprint. not spring.. he he..

Another issue is that you need a ranged gun to defeat them, and your ammo is limited.
IMHO, the keg skellies should be glass cannons. 1 or 2 shots should defeat them. Its ridiculous that they sometimes need 3 or even 4 (body) shots to defeat.

I like the bombers, they are fun.

But seriously, they spawn at a ridiculous rate! Had to fight at the top of a peak last night and if ran them down the peak they respawned on the climb back up. If suicided they respawned on way back up

Suicided one time and found two bombers waiting st the ship..

Took forever and atleast 20 deaths to kill the four skele bosses purely because of the bombers. It just got boring and repetitive.

They are fun and great addition to the game but seriously that spawn rate couldn’t have been intended?

Spawnrate of barrel skeletons needs to be tuned down.

People saying, free barrels yea.
I been doing athena voyages last week, its common to spawn 3-4 barrel skeletons at once and they spawnrate is like EVERY MINUTE !

@grindtony45 sagte in Powder Keg Skeletons:

Spawnrate of barrel skeletons needs to be tuned down.

People saying, free barrels yea.
I been doing athena voyages last week, its common to spawn 3-4 barrel skeletons at once and they spawnrate is like EVERY MINUTE !

NO! Don't tune them down. They are the fun part of these voyages.

@cstrap exactly. I have no issues with them existing. Theyre useful and give the game a bit more depth.

There's just way too many of them.

@crimsonraziel Sure they are fun, but its not fun when you blow up 5 barrels and 3 more immediately spawn.

@the-tonkinese Since launch? Of the game?

@nefnoj said in Powder Keg Skeletons:

@galactic-geek said in Powder Keg Skeletons:

They should make it so that the gunpowder skeletons take considerably longer to rise up out of the ground, giving you a chance to attack or run away. In this way, they wouldn't be so annoying, but could still surprise you from a nearby bush, for example, where you didn't see them claw their way out of the ground.

I like this solution. Gunpowder barrels are big, so logically would take a while to get out of the ground. Additionally, it could give sword/blunderbuss users a chance to kill them without dying. Maybe make it so that if you kill them while they're partially under the sand, you have to use your shovel to dig the barrels up, without them being volatile until they're completely exposed.

Great ideas mates, I approve!

@grindtony45 I disagree.