Flag Meanings

@sandmanbakery let’s not. I fly red 100% of the time as it matches my ship. No other reason. Everyone has their own personal reason for flying a specific flag.

@fishst1ck agree with the flag visibility definitely, bigger or brighter! @Sandmanbakery would love there to be a universal understanding even if not everyone uses it. I will certainly will, sometimes. :)

So far I'm seeing the consensus has been Jolly Roger is def someone that is agressive.

White is peaceful leave me alone I wanna PvE. I will probably skuttle my ship or run you on a wild goose chase.

Checkered has been meaning quest related. I didn't think so.. but I guess that is better then the shark hunting one that I use for questing. Most ppl questing haven't been purchasing that to mean they are questing.

I don't think we'll see ppl flying the colors to mean which missions they are running. That kinda just says.. hey, take my loot I have treasure onboard.

However, I can see Blue being used for merchants.. just because it is also a peaceful kinda flag.

I will probably run Yellow or Red as a warning flag.. mainly to tell folks that if they attack me, I have teeth. Especially of I'm running with my son as we are pretty good at fighting together (we sunk a galleon and a sloop on our sloop the other night when they fired on us first-- we did have kraken help lol) However, I'll probably run Shark, Checkered, or Blue if rolling with my mates because they suck at combat.

With the community thinking that red is an almost agressive flag.. we might only raise that if fired on..

And lets be honest... if you are running the rainbow flag, you want to get attacked.. or have some reason why you want to lure people to you.

@ant-heuser-kush Yeah, if I was running a jolly roger crew.. I would probably steer clear of the rainbow flag folks because they are the most ballsy ones that would probably make me regret attacking them.

@ant-heuser-kush said in Flag Meanings:

I can run the white flag, it doesn't matter. Just don't let my flag fool you of my experience.

I don't running the rainbow flag would indicate that someone would lack skill or experience. However, someone running that flag should know that others will most likely attack them for the simple reason they are running the pride flag. So anyone running that flag either wants to call attention to those rainbow hater to attack them, or they want to attract the attention of "like minded" people for social interactions.

It basically is a call to open up an interaction with an unprovoked attack.. like you are welcoming to any kind of player interaction, but you won't fire first.

If someone decides to fly that flag.. It does mean more then the white flag.. which means the person won't attack first and they will run away or scuttle... they want to be left alone.

Rainbow basically says.. attack me and maybe I will attack back.. and maybe I won't.. but I certainly won't fire first because I want to attract people that accept a particular identity.

It is not an inclusive flag. It is an active exclusive flag stating someone's religous intolerance. Because that is what that flag means to those that have opposing or negative views toward that lifestyle. Those that typically fly the pride flag marginalize those that do not agree with the lifestyle.. just as the religious do the same to LGBT.

Remember, that a symbol is just a symbol.. and it has no real meaning except to the person looking at it.

Someone could just like rainbows.. espcially a kid that doesn't realize the broader meaning behind a rainbow flag.. they just like all those colors and think it looks nice. Then they play the game.. and they get attacked by bigots or by other kids that think it would be fun to bully the "gay flag ship"

There are others that will be attracted to it.. or use it to attract and attack people attracted ONLY to the rainbow flag. This is another form of bullying.

In the end though, no one, even the bigots will run against a rainbow flag thinking they will be an easy target. They will run at them because they will view them as being able to get a cheap first shot at them and the rainbow flag folks will not get butt-hurt with the interaction... So it is "part of the game" to those that respect others.

These people that role play but respect others may be more likely to let a white flag ship pass. Whereas the rainbow flag may be the best target because they will be less cautious and open themselves to being approached.

To not think otherwise is blissful ignorance.

@dutchdeadschot your correct. No one is putting meaning into the flags. They just look cool. I don’t want to be flying a checkered flag all the time.

@nacmine People are putting meaning to the flags though.. that is what you need to understand. You can certainly run whatever you want on your boat.. but if you are not having the social interactions with the game you want, you may want to look at the "body language" you a presenting.

If you want to be super friendly but are running the Jolly Roger because it "looks cool" in a pirate game.. you are not going to have a good time.

If you are running the rainbow flag, but are always getting attacked or attracting nothing but sjw types.. you might wanna look at your flag and your lights.

If you are running checkered and wondering why everyone is coming up to you asking to help them with the events.. that is on you.

When some people refuse to see what their unspoken actions have on their experience.. well, thats ignorance.

When you are playing a social game like this, you need to stay up to date with the social norms of said society.

People are putting checkered flags up to indicate they are doing to time-limited events. People are putting up the Jolly Roger to indicate they are role playing agressive pirates and out for a fair pvp (or not fair) pvp experience. If you see that flag and still approach it.. well.. don't get mad when they are out to fight or harrass you.

Not raising a flag and having your lights on indicates you are new to the game and lack experience. You can be an easy target.. or "not fun" if someone is looking for a "good fight"

@puck269 I understand what you mean but no one I’ve encountered has put any meaning to the flags. I’ve run all of them and as long as I don’t start firing off cannons and approach non threatening then I usually don’t get attacked.