Let me know if I'm alone here, and perhaps just a bad player but, does it not seem like some people are either completely overpowered with whatever weapon they seem to be using (faster reloads in Blunderbuss, Speedier sword strikes, Insane accuracy across the water with a pistol, etc.) and like their ships are incredibly fast?
I just went for a Skull Fort on solo, which obviously was going to be incredibly difficult, but I encountered a ship with some 70,000 gold customization on it and knew they had to be good players, but the speed at which they killed me, the amount of INSANE damage they took from me, and their ability to patch a barrage of holes in seconds is highly questionable.
I landed near their ship and placed over 20 canons in the back of them (they were facing straight and I was sideways behind them) before I saw a single person return from the Skull Fort and to their ship. Then in second, they had reached my ship, killed me with a sword after taking point blank Blunderbuss and Pistol shots to the face and chest, and then sunk my ship. This happened a good 7 times before I ultimately gave up.
I call for a dedicated server for solo players, where we reach other ships of no more than 2-3 man crews. Being solo because your friends are at work, and having to encounter a Galleon of players all manning canons on you at once is an impossible job, and really makes the game horrid to play alone. Unless solo players have more value, like better rewards or chances to actually take down these larger crews, then there's zero point for me to be playing without friends, and I personally feel like I wasted 90$ on this game.
