Hello Miss or Mrs , before i write something down i want to point that the English language is not my own . i write this upfront and tell you along with this that i have absolutely not the intent to mock or offend you...
i have read your writing on top and the answer just above me but i got the feel that there are only two or three things for you that one can experience in this game. Namely Tall Tales , which i in all honesty , find a great Joy of doing as their Music , Story and riddles , which for me weren't that easy , just and still give me a reason to come back to as every Tall Tale doesn't has the same " road to the goal". Yes , there is pvp in this game but can be mostly avoided if you don't feel up for it... i'm no pvp'er as toddlers of three years old dance on my carcass after a fight . Shipfights , however , are something i do enjoy because the Sea , i mean how it looks and behaves , the sound of the waves and wind , the cracking of the riggings ,the squeeking of the planks of the ship , it all adds to an atmosphere i simply can't describe with my limited English knowledge...
A long , long time ago ( * In a galaxy far far away ? You become predictable and steal oneliners like a thief , old man) there was a man on this Forum , on You Tube and many other channels that lived by the name of Mr Mike Chapman. It may come over that i don't seem to have much respect for this man , but by the Sea Gods , only the contrary is true .
This man was , and still is , a Legend in truely explaining what this game is and why this game was unleashed upon mankind...
He said :" We give you a map , or you buy one , to get a treasure or riddle but it isn't about this treasure because the travel towards that treasure and all that crosses or who crosses your path decide the outcome and story of your Journey"...
You miss story in this game , as you have played out every Tall Tale ,but as i said before ,there are multiple different set ups of these stories . The reward may be the same but the travel towards your goal is a different path than the previous time you've played...
In your story above i can't ,appart from pvp , find any story or hint that you have made contact with others. Yes , i fully admit that most players have forgotten that there is a gamechat function in this game and rather bypass that , and it's great feature of Proximity chat that has added a lot of Epic Thrills and stories in the past. No ,they rather " narrow " their experience in party or Discord chat...
i , sadly, can't blame them as many have forgotten that this is just a game and take everything very serious and throw alot of words towards people that they never have met before ... That is not inherent to this game but many other games as well...It makes one sad ,because ... i will tell you something , i'm an old gamer who is playing for over 35 years , 38 to be precise , computergames. As i also mentioned , i'm a foreigner to the English language but when gamechat was introduced in the Xbox 360 , i was overexcited . i could speak to people , all people , and have fun and chats with them...
But i was also naive , allthough i had met a lot of Great Friendly people from over the world , i also met the "lesser" Friendly ones ,who ,within years ,talked me down towards a level i didn't speak anymore...
Multiplayer gaming became an event where i played with " human AI" as i didn't dared to speak anymore... Seven years of silence passed till...this game came out.
In the start this game was alot friendlier than today , and it wasn't a seldom thing that Pirates helped eachother on riddles they couldn't solve or charged towards a fortress and divided the spoils evenly...
In the past i have written many ( * sadly misspelled stories ,that lacked grammer as well, isn't it ,Old George? hehehe) stories about thrilling shipbattles and Great encounters with Friendly Pirates as well with "Enemy " Pirates who just played a role instead of being truely vile...
Those were the stories who were foretold by that same Visionair Mr Chapman , a man that encouraged people to drop those defensive attitude and reach out to the other to have fair fights , loyal alliances or even betraying alliances without carriying a grudge... Yes , Miss or Ma'am , those were the stories .
So , in short , do not place all yer money on the Tall Tales and please , do not grind as grinding is for this and any other game just digging an early grave for those games . As games feel like a chore then you only need to put the lid on it's coffin...
i'm , sadly, more than aware that my words can't change a mind but i do would like to ask a little favor , try to find Mr Chapman ,who is a Great Rare Developer and listen to his words. Close yer eyes and let those words seep into yer brain... After that , play one more time this game , just one evening and remember his words . If you ,after that evening, still feel the same about this game ,well, then we did all we could , in order to try to show you that in this game , you make yer own Story and Destiny...
i hope you just go on the Sea one more time , and that your Journey may be accompanied by Great ,Epic , Adventures . You, maybe ,wrute even a story about this , which would be really welcome to this Forum that slowly has grown to a collector of complaints and dissapointment ...Damn, i miss the days of old when this Forum was run by people who cared in order to deliver fun and advice on how to play this game...