Is Ship Invincibility Back?

[pmwaker]

i had this happen before. it was when i used my war frigate. i sunk all the ships in the area around Padres and it filled up my cargo. i went to port then got back on the same ship and it happened again. i kept doing this till i maxed my gold. it was pretty sweet.

[Matthew Sternrage]

Some time ago, I tested this "feature," I got my ship, and sunk a Navy Man-O-War without taking my ship's wheel. I was going for another ship like this until a frien or guild mate of mine teleported to me and was going for my ship's wheel. It seems that launching a ship without grabbing the wheel makes it like no one is shooting the enemy and there aresomeone firing on it.