This is probobly going to be a long post so apollogies in advance. I am generally a solo player. I have terrible social anxiety so I find it difficult to run an open crew and the few friends I have don't really want to play all day every day. I have been sitting at Athena rank 8 for well over a year now since any time I try to do the emissary stuff I always get hunted and sunk halfway into the voyage. I honestly don't think I've even really turned much in aside from basic gold captains chests and such.
I was banned in the official discord for being "toxic" and "disrupting the server" when all I did was ask a simple question and people began to attack me with "git gud" or "uninstall and play something else if you can't play the game noob" or something along those lines. So I cannot go to the discord. I hear people mention alliance servers but nobody seems to know anything about them. I also hear they require subsciption payments to join which is a no-go.
So what am I to do? If I can't solo, I can't open crew, and I can't lfg am I just stuck? I'm close to giving up on the game entirely having made such small progress in such a length of time.
I am also not a PvP player. I refuse to attack people for the work they put into their voyages and quests but I also am just not skilled in combat with others. I just don't have the focus or the reflexes to compete with most if not all and I am not afraid to admit that.
Literally the past 3 days I have spent server hopping sailing around asking ships if they want help with voyages or tall tales because of how little progress I've made. I literally don't even gain anything since it's never in an alliance.
Please keep it civil everyone.