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Only pirates sailing black, official privateers, and official naval vessels may “demand” that other ships stop their ships.
Combat on land follows general Atlas PvP rules, but the seas are a dangerous place where piracy is always a risk when out on open waters. All PvP actions that ships can take at sea depend on the current color of their sails. All ships must abide by the sail color classifications and aggressive ships must utilize “far render” sail skins.
All players must abide by the server’s nautical flare code when at sea. These flares must always be respected, and may never be used to falsely lure players into a trap. Abuse of flare codes is considered griefing. All other flare colors are up to the individual group.
Never excessively spam flares against other ships in an attempt to blind the onboard players.
The raising of sails and stopping of a vessel, indicates the request for peaceful communications or surrender to previous aggression. This can be coupled with coded flares. Attempts at vocal conversation should occur as soon as all parties are within VOIP range.
Enemy ships must cease all fire the moment their target raises sails. Failure to cease fire and continuing to further destroy the ship or cause extra unnecessary damage (beyond breaking containers for loot), can result in admin action. If a ship complies to demands, even if the crew is shot and downed during the RP, the ship cannot be further damaged. Only a combative or fleeing ship can be sunk.
Unarmed civilian ships (ships without cannons or artillery) have no way to defend themselves and will not pose a serious threat to aggressive ships. Due to this, unarmed civilian ships should be disabled and stopped, not sunk. Once the target ship is stopped, they should be allowed opportunity for repair.
*An unarmed civilian ship that continues to flee following parley or being disabled or takes aggressive action, may then be sunk as stated in 3-c.
Reengagement: If at any point, the ship that signaled for peaceful communications takes further aggressive action (including attempting to escape), the attackers may re-engage and sink the ship, regardless of any further surrender (even if an unarmed civilian ship).
Naval combat is the only time you may ignore New Life Rule and immediately return to combat. However, if you were not originally on the ship, you may not exploit this to join the battle. Naval combat is defined as active ship combat at sea.
If you die while gliding to deliver an explosive attack or while arming explosives on an enemy ship you are subject to the standard 15 minute NLR and you may not return to the current battle (even if it goes on for another hour). This is a high risk tactic.
Once combat has ended due to surrender or sinking, players on both sides must resume standard New Life Rules and you may not continue to respawn.
If your ship has been boarded and your crew can no longer offer resistance, you may only choose to respawn as a captive. (Naked corpse running isn’t considered effective.) Additionally, if you respawn not knowing the fight is over, you will not be penalized for NLR infractions if you comply to injured captive roleplay.
Ships cannot abuse the ‘shimmer’ between servers to gain an advantage in battle. Not all players load at the same speed.
Whitelisted players may not abuse the shimmer between public and whitelist to escape naval combat. This would be equivalent to combat logging. If you accidentally enter into whitelist during the heat of battle, immediately pass back through the shimmer to resume combat.
Ships cannot pass the shimmer, then stop and wait for the other ship to load in order to get a cheap shot on the ship or avoid combat. If you are being chased (or have been pushed) through the shimmer, you must continue moving. Both ships must pause briefly after passing through the shimmer to resume battle.
Ships cannot travel parallel with the shimmer and weave in and out of loading to avoid battle, hide from an opponent or as a tactical maneuver.
You may only attack anchored, unmanned ships in specific situations in order to further the roleplay for everyone’s benefit. Sinking anchored ships in all other situations is considered griefing due to the time investment necessary to build these ships.
Pirates who are actively sailing black sails and successfully force a ship to surrender are permitted to perform prisoner roleplay with the surviving players and additional may choose to “steal” loot in an act of piracy as outlined below. For more in depth information about robbery limits and additional theft regulations, please visit our player Combat rules.
Piracy and sailing with black sails is not permitted during the first 10 days of each new season. This allows the server enough time to develop trade and base operations before aggression and conflict begins (after all, you can’t steal what people don’t have!)
Players will not find class related or PvP Quests until after the first 10 days have passed.
In order to perform an act of piracy, your ship must be sailing with black sails, using the appropriate “pirate” black far-render sail skin on at least 1 main sail to indicate the class even from a far distance. If the pirate ship has decorative jib sails, these must also utilize the far render color for easy identification. Please remember: Once a ship has been out on open ocean, you cannot change the color classification or skins of the sails. Read more about ship classes here.
Pirates who are actively sailing black sails and successfully force a ship to surrender are permitted to perform prisoner roleplay with the surviving players and additional may choose to steal loot in an act of piracy. If available for taking, the group may choose between stealing the active PvP Quest Item or performing a standard robbery upon the ship’s players and cargo. You may not take both even if your group has multiple pirates on board. Please note: Additional harm should not come to the victim ship or its occupants if they are complying to the situation. For more in depth information about robbery limits and additional theft regulations, please visit our player Combat rules.
All ships that are sunk at sea are up for looting by anyone that finds them.
