Soul shard problem

[Shakie666]

Yes, I shouldn't have deleted the last thread on this, but how was I to know I would have more problems?

Anyway, here's the problem: I have a T5 wither skelly soul shard, powering a single 36hp boiler. I was told that a single soul shard could run multiple boilers, but at the minute it can't even run one. Now, I know it needs a ton of fuel for the heatup phase, but I just counted the mobs falling and its a lot less than the 6 mobs/2 seconds i'm supposed to get? Did they recently nerf soul shards? Or am I just doing something wrong?

 

[Anubis]

How big of an area to you have around the spawner? If it's not big enough I believe it slows the spawn rate considerably.

 

[southernfriedbb]

Yes, I shouldn't have deleted the last thread on this, but how was I to know I would have more problems?

Anyway, here's the problem: I have a T5 wither skelly soul shard, powering a single 36hp boiler. I was told that a single soul shard could run multiple boilers, but at the minute it can't even run one. Now, I know it needs a ton of fuel for the heatup phase, but I just counted the mobs falling and its a lot less than the 6 mobs/2 seconds i'm supposed to get? Did they recently nerf soul shards? Or am I just doing something wrong?

Give them more vertical height, spawners slow down if there are too many mobs within range of the spawner.

 

[Shakie666]

Its 9x9 with the spawner in the very middle - big enough I think. However I just destroyed the roof and sure enough the number spawning shot up - now I can get this boiler going!

However, this just highlighted another problem: spawn rates are still reduced as they attempt to spawn within the spawner itself. Its not a massive issue, i'm still getting about 5.5 mobs each time on average. But the fact that its reduced at all is annoying. Is there a way around it?

 

[southernfriedbb]

Try giving it a greater drop, like double the height, that way they are further from the spawner when they drop. Try 9x9x14 or larger.

 

[Shakie666]

Its currently 9x9x24, the skellies are nowhere near the spawner when the next lot spawns. I'm making it 11x11x24 as some of them are landing on the semi-destroyed walls.

 

[southernfriedbb]

Its currently 9x9x24, the skellies are nowhere near the spawner when the next lot spawns. I'm making it 11x11x24 as some of them are landing on the semi-destroyed walls.

We'll damn, I'm out of suggestions.