To say: 'I am friendly and do not want to fight.'

@cmm-solo I’ve seen people do everything from the lanterns to raising all their cannons or just firing themselves at as yelling “FRIENDLY” lol

Ive found standing on the bow and waving to work alot better. It would be cool to have a code such as the lantern but itd be tough to get people to catch on

@cmm-solo I'll tell you right now that if anybody surrenders to my crew we will play along until we gauge what loot you have. Then kill you all and sink your ship anyways because we may not be able to do the dirty R word but we can certainly raid and plunder!

@cmm-solo Other then the awful different servers I don't really see a way they'll be happy with. Every post I've seen from the people that don't like pvp always claim it's impossible to get away, impossible to not be seen, impossible to do anything other than lose. I think they'll likely get over it or if they hopefully add a hub of some kind in game they can find friends to die with at least.

It would be cool if we could do something like that, but i've never met anyone who was friendly. Everytime i shouted "I'm friendly!" i got a cannonball in the face.

It would seem the lantern is becoming a thing. I often ring the bell in 2 short rings repeatedly as I approach,be honest no one uses the bell fer anything anyway ;) as in *dingding....3 sec....dingding I would think that any combination of those should show some non-hostile intention. O' course some will always trick ya but better to try than just kill on site when you might make a good deal tradin' or find a new crewmate right?

If i dont want to instigate a fight i stay away from my cannons and look at the other ship with my spyglass and make sure they see me not manning my guns.
I dont say anything but i keep from making any quick movements....sorta treat the other boat as a wild bear lol.
On the flip side if im fighting someone and they are yelling and waving please dont shoot we give up etc i will usually stop and listen to thier terms.
I enjoy role playing and make my own game content so having people " surrender " to me is kinda fun and immersive.

@mads724h same here lol, was solo in one of the scale tests and i had no chests, 2 man sloop comes up to me and i shout friendly i have no chests, all i hear is i dont give a F, and they shot me anyway lol,. there is never going to be a friendly solution, to many people are shoot first its a pirate game blah blah, rare want us to police the game ourselves which will never work in the long run.

and before i get some usual pvp lover com in, so do i, i love pvp in this game and have sunk easily 30+ ships over the few scale tests im just calling it like it is

one of the 2 man sloops that sunk me for no reason when i was solo and had no chests and i even shouted friendly and they could check my ship if they wanted but still shouted abuse and sunk me, i managed to see them when i was in a galleon with friends about an hour or so later (pure luck to be put in same server i guess), we sunk them without warning and suddenly i was the bad guy i was the dirty rotten piece of trash lol

#THETHIRSTYTHIEVES

I've attempted to stand and wave about 5 or 6 times now. 100% success rate in getting killed.

Obviously, I only did it when I had nothing to lose and wanted to respawn a ship anyway, but the point is that NO ONE is going to let a free shot pass them by.

There is only one way to say "I do not want to fight" in a lawless frontier and it contradicts "I am friendly". It's as good as a sheep crying out to wolves "Come and get me".

If you want to avoid a fight, move to attack first.

When i play my intentions will be stated in my flag or sail. Skulls and crossbones for pirating, the two mugs cheering to look co-op, probably a merchant one for when i want to be left alone and the admiral line for when I'm pirate hunting. Those intentions will most likly change only when Im leaving an outpost on a new voyage. but I think the overall tone of someones flags and sails should have some indication of intentions. I hope this meta come to be.