Why do the noobs shoot at our ships? Every time (and I'm not exaggerating here) I went to board my ship today, some dude was docked and shooting at my ship. I finally got fed up with it.
I used the overboard/floating glitch to exit my boat, go to his and gently move him out of range. The thing is, I'm not sure he could see me. He'd be on the cannons, so I'd take the wheel. After about 10 seconds, I'd get knocked off, but the guy wouldn't be there. I'd start steering again. Then I noticed that my pirate was hovering behind the main mast, so maybe he couldn't see me! After the third time of taking over his ship, it wouldn't work right anymore. His ship wouldn't steer straight and lost its wake. That's when I made my exit.
I captured video of the event. Here's the link on the tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6OtzQinVl8
I see from other tube vids that the person can not see you. I bet that noob was confused!