Maybe its being haunted by the illuminanti....who knows, for all you know i might be part of the illuminatie
It will be finished. Though if could be left with 4/5 of the slabbing done. lol Some of the others working on the project want to keep it as a private farm. Essentially I don't mind either way, I'm just building it. I do not wish to repair it constantly due to griefing damage, so I'm happy to leave it private. lol But you never know what the future brings.
To contradict this: Just confirmed that Wither skeletons will drop a skull even when crushed/dropped to 1/2 heart. So they maintain their vanilla mechanic of dropping skulls as long as killed by a player. Regardless of how much damage player did.
There's something else that I didn't see mentioned in this thread (might have been mentioned and I just didn't see it) Wither Skeles have to be able to reach the player to take damage, if the player hits the Wither Skele then the head drop becomes nullified I've learned this when grinding with my own Wither Skele farm. Dunno if you'd be able to fix this, but if you do I'd like to know how.
Interesting. Because I've had a head drop from a wither that couldn't reach me? If the wither skele is killed in one hit, perhaps it doesn't do that check? I'll have to test that more. But if that's the case, then I have a completely new design that should be fun. Or I can alter the current design easily enough.
you'll stand a much better chance at finding a wither skeleton in the waste. as it was reset recently, and all fortress locations should spawn them.
I just got a Slime head after hitting it from over a Fence, but never from a Slime farm. Maybe it depends on whether you strike the final bow or not? If this is so, I have a huge problem with it. It is one thing to do this with Enraged since they are Aikar's creation specially for EMC. Messing with MC mechanics so that farms don't work is another. I would think though that if Aikar were going to do something that would affect us so harshly that he would have said something about it so we don't waste our time.
Defiantly, the player must deliver killing blow, for a chance at a head. (As with all special item drops) I'll see if Aikar can clarify this for us. Must a mob be able to hit you at their time of death, for a skull to drop?
I promise you there are many people, but most of them need direction. You need a project leader. Could you please start another thread to discuss this? thanks
I've actually only found it to be Wither Skeletons for some reason, Skeletons, Zombies, Blazes, Pigmen, Slimes, Magma Slimes, Spider, Cave Spiders, Endermen, Creepers and Witches don't have this problem.
