A crew of 4 is nice but what about people who actually have a lot of friends? Could their be a new arena game mode like...idk...fleet wars? Oh! Better idea! Guilds (fleets)! You can make your own banners, ship paints, customizations galore!
Added to this we need to ability to identify what server we are on so I can alliance with my friends in other crews. I get people dont have a lot of friends that play the same games but there is huge portion of your gaming population that have more then three friends that want to raid and plunder! Imagine the battles that could be had with 3 fleets of ships going at it!
And optimization shouldnt be a problem anymore with the release of unreal engine 5! Even then....I'm sure you can manage a fleet of 3 4man crews or ships =12 pirates wont be hard to handle with today's tech. Hell, I know you're using the windows online services and they scale to what you need!
So, what are your thoughts.
Fleets (guilds)
More customization
New arena mode (Fleet Wars!)
Besides skeletons (you have some creative variants) but what about crab people, spirits, mega boars or massive snakes!
I love the idea of the game, and love the game in general. Just wish I could play with my community or make it easier to link up in servers to make alliances!