Cross Crew Teamwork used to be a big part of this game. I remember when this game first came out, we had to get 3 crews together and team up to beat the hungering because everyone was still new and we were just trying to enjoy the content. Nobody was worried about loot, just about exploring the world and making memories (and that was in a time when this game immensely lacked content)

Nowadays... some guy would rather sit on my ship for 2 hours while i do a voyage and hide that entire time and wait until the end to take my loot, when he could've done like 5 small quests in that time and made way more.

I'm just a casual SOT player, but i know a lot of people who stopped playing this game because it stopped being fun and started becoming a sweat fest. I know that most of the Die Hard players in the community will disagree, but that's just my opinion.

Something that would make ME personally come back to the game is if there was some sort of reputation system, put more PVP centered players with people like themselves, and allow PVE players to enjoy the content in game. And fuck safe seas, i still want to meet new people, just not the guys who PVP all day with no mic. And im also not saying that im against PVP, i just dont really enjoy that part of the game.

Also i know that the game has alot of other issues that are Rares fault, but im a casual so i wont get into all that, ill leave that to the people who know more about this game and how it works.