I think a few new items that can be used for non-verbal communication that can be observed from medium and long ranges would help aid in player interactions.
-White Flag-
A white flag that can be waved by the player to indicate that they are friendly or surrendering when under attack. The flag would be visually noticeable from a greater distance that voice communication and can be used to display a non-hostile intent from far away.
-Signal Flare Gun-
A signal flare gun that can be loaded with different color flares to declare intent to other crews. I want to stress the flare gun is not a new weapon and does no damage to players, it is only used for communication.
White Flare: Surrender or friendly intent
Red Flare: Signal flare to show your location on an island to your own crew or to show direction of shipwrecks at sea, etc.
Black Flare: A challenge to other ships, an honorable warning shot.
As with everything else in Sea of Thieves players can use these items to aid in communication with other crews, or just use them to try to trick and deceive others. I think these items would make for a lot of new and interesting interactions between players.
