The Rules of Engagement for the Open Seas

Perfectly said, I follow these rules. I do have one person in my crew that teeters and is a loss cannon. So always beware, ha haaaa

@lordloharrtalem take everything , give nothing back! You missed that. too many rules .... this game doesnt need rules , just an in depth tutorial for newbies ,and some common sense. if rare wanted rules like these they would have coded them in.

@lordloharrtalem If the servers were larger this type of player policing would be my preferred method for players to make peace. As the servers are so small you can do some of these things, but it doesn't quite work fully.

Not that I agree to any of these terms formally. Aim your cannons high, it will take longer for you to return fire.... Have fun on the seas.

@unknownscientis exactly , there are no rules in the game aside from usual XBL ToS ect, but people want 'hold hands' rules.... nah

Hello all

i wil give my report 2 this rule :

3: If at an Outpost they be docked, attack them you shall not.

-This should be an obvious courtesy. Players are too exposed at Outposts and the fight will be extremely unfair and one-sided from the get-go.

Sorry but no player do this... 99% Attacks you.. its a shame ...
i am fine with this rules but i think many players give a [mod edited] about it !

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These would be nice to see added into daily lives of this game, but most of the time when I sail up to talk they shoot first or kill me without listening. I'll try to do this stuff occasionally still to see if anybody might follow these rules but I feel those who do would be exploited.

@vex-fox sagte in The Rules of Engagement for the Open Seas:

These would be nice to see added into daily lives of this game, but most of the time when I sail up to talk they shoot first or kill me without listening. I'll try to do this stuff occasionally still to see if anybody might follow these rules but I feel those who do would be exploited.

you so true thats what i said .. they dont listen pvp kids all the time kill kill its all what they want 2 do !

I have developed a pretty effective strategy. It requires me to be on constant surveillance however. It's the type of strategy where every second counts.

I tried some of what you suggest a few times. Each resulted in giving my opponent the time edge they needed and resulted in my demise with only one exception.

I love the game. I think it plays well. So far, the 'extending my hand' type of strategy is a dangerous option that offers little advantage.

I appreciate what your suggesting, but I'll stick to my approach.

@nattens-barn I'll go ahead and add this to the rules. I knew I was missing something.

There is only one rule of Piracy.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Love the enthusiasm to try and push a community RoE, but trying to push a Roe on a heavily split community, sadly, won't hinder results.

I like them all, but 6 should be leave us alone if lanterns are off (all the time)

There are no rules on the sea, the wolves eat the sheep.

"From the very beginning, we've been determined to make Sea of Thieves a truly welcoming world in which players of any creed, culture, age, skill level and circumstance can voyage without fear of friction or frustration. With that in mind, we've laid out a set of guidelines that we hope will help to keep the seas free of strife and grievance (beyond that stirred up in the course of a pirate's everyday activities)."
https://www.seaofthieves.com/pirate-code

"guidelines" drawn up by well meaning but inexperienced devs that are impossible to police outside of the forums, and are continually open to interpretation from all sides.

The code has really only achieved in creating more angst and division then anything else. Game mechanics fixes behavior not aspirational statements.

@lordloharrtalem The only problem with rules like these are...you are always at a disadvantage to people who follow no rules.

Cutthroat, pirate, scoundrel, anarchist, __________ (insert whatever word you want here).

Rule number three is my main issue... If someone takes my skulls and I chase them all the way to the Outpost I give no quarter

@lordloharrtalem I have unknowingly been following all these except for the ship lanterns one. I always have them turned off so I can't be spotted so easily while I'm just questing. You should definitely post these in the General Discussion forum since it probably gets more traffic, also this should totally be a pinned topic.

I know only about 5% of people will follow them, but it would be nice to have a set of rules agreed upon by the community to show that I'm just here to sail and have fun, not murder and pillage you into oblivion.

Obviously few would follow these in this game. But I do like the idea of some of these signals being understood. It would be nice to have a bit more unpredictability with players, verses what seems to generally be "sails! Cannon fire inbound!"

I mean, we docked our Galleon next to a sloop that was unloading last night. Went about packing our plunder in, and he started firing on us.
.... So we sunk him and turned in his chests too.

I feel like we could have somehow communicated from a distance that we had no intention of interfering with his time at dock.

@lordloharrtalem Yeah...if only.

One can dream though

@lordloharrtalem Interesting. Did you ever check the pirate rules paper by the door before leaving the tavern? ;)