Hello, I want to talk about something that has bothered me about this game for quite some time. I truly enjoy the game and it is one of my favourite games regarding game content, PvE encounters, lore and almost everything else. But every second session I have ends in frustration or even anger against the community. I am a player that most of the time goes solo due to not having many friends - some sessions go great, I can do the voyages I wanted to do and even get some PvE encounters I enjoy greatly whether it's a Kraken, Megalodon or a skeleton sloop but then there are the sessions that just make me rage quit. Some Voyages take hours to complete, whether it's a athena's Voyage or a Merchant Voyage, while the payout is great I rarely get it. I finally finish it, am on my last run to an outpost just to be sunk by a bigger ship or crew who gets the fruit of my three hour Voyage with barely the effort I had to put into it. It is so frustrating and then I just sit on the Ferry of the Damned to come back to a sunken ship without anything even though I put in so many hours. It makes me wish for an option to just enjoy Voyages and PvE without having to constantly worry about getting sunk on the last few chapters or on my last run to an outpost to sail.
I know that it is part of the game and part of the concept of the game as it's about being a pirate but as a solo slooper I have no chance against people being gods in my eyes in PvP on a Galleon who see easy loot. It makes so much fun of the game itself disappear in seconds and makes me want to stop playing this wonderful game I adore so much. I try to reason with people so often just to hear "I am bored" or "I am just a thief on the sea of thieves!" and then I ask myself why not more people are like me who just have the alliance flag and just want to chill in a session of Voyages and PvE. Without players like me there wouldn't be easy loot for said PvPers and a lot would be lost and I just see myself losing interest on those Voyages because I don't see why I should keep trying just to be sunk and lose everything including those hours of work. It's making me genuinely sad that most of my memories of this game currently are losing hours of my work or even just starting a session with being sunk in the outpost because "The server is empty and I am bored!". It's really making me sad when I just want to enjoy the game on my own or with some friends by doing some Voyages or hunt for Megalodons or Krakens because that is what is fun to us. We try our best to make other players like us get hope while we can't keep that hope ourselves. Not only me but others just lose their hope over this and beg for two modes - those who enjoy PvP and a mode for people who just want to enjoy the content of the games whether it's tall tales, Voyages or sailing around without a direct goal and just to see what the wonderful game will throw at them.
I just wish I could have more pleasant sessions instead of frustration and now payout just because we are easy prey.
