Awesome, just found my new strategy. Don't shoot them and maybe they won't notice me.
Doncha know, if you see a guy you don't like, a box appears around them.
Check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajjxo5ANWLARoll to minutes 3:01 - 3:10, that's where my point lies.
I keep laughing about myself and that pyramidion whenever I watch that video. I actually saw it, could have shot it, but nobody on our ship recognized it as an enemy, so I was like, "ok I'll go fix something, our ally is nearby".
Also, the other day we were running away from an enemy ship and saw a galleon half covered in clouds in the distance. Thinking it was our ally galleon, since it wasnt attacking us and I think we did have a gally ally, we flew there for help. It turned out to be an enemy galleon, waiting for us, and facing us with all of its guns, perfect angle and such. It was almost saying "Come here little pyra, just a little bit closer, that's it...come, come"
What kind of world would it be where you don't see a box around the baddies?
That sounds horrible, no-one would want to live in such a world.