Arena is closing. Yay?
I mean, I don't like the arena as much because of certain subtypes of PvP players that infest the mode to this day, but you know, they have a place they can easily do it at and I can't fault them for it- or their reaction to the announcement of Arena closing.
Some people have heard in some circles that severely upset Arena players that despise its closure, will take their extremely high CQC skills to the adventuring seas.
Once Arena closes, players that frequent that mode will come to Adventure, and they may find any ship they can see over the horizon and SPAWNCAMP YOU.
Since players didn't know the scuttle option was in Arena, let's remind ourselves that this option is still currently available in Adventure mode. If you find yourself being sent to the ferry in under 30 seconds because of pirates you cannot fight, go to My Crew, scroll down to the bottom option and vote to scuttle the ship. The whole crew must vote to scuttle the ship, so if you're being spawncamped with an AFK player on board, your other option is to LEAVE GAME.
I only write this because I am honestly disappointed in how Rare has failed to keep players well notified that they can scuttle the ship, the Ferryman's note next to the door is not enough for our unfortunately simple-minded casual players, and I can tell you right now Feedback + Suggestions will soon begin to flood with complaints about spawncamping, they'll call it toxic, they'll call it bannable, but in all honesty, there's no better method to avoid this without experience, and a not fun experience is nothing to learn from.
Please, go to My Crew in the Menu, and vote to scuttle the ship or select Leave Game if you feel like you're being trapped by enemy pirates, don't boost their ego or hold your own ego to the camp, if you can't beat it, don't. Scuttle or leave, no one likes to be camped, but these options are why you don't have to be.
You can do your tall tale on the next server, you can do that fun world event on the next server, you can stack 2 voyages on that next server. If it didn't take long for you to do one thing, you can do it again without any attachment to the last server. If you want to find a way to be faster about it, I suggest asking around for help with PvE related things so you may do it faster and keep yourself out of danger.
The seas aren't safe, they never were, but if you know how to keep your head up and move on, no amount of pixelated danger will let down your spirit. You have several tools and users at your disposal, please use them instead of false reporting to the support website or complaining on the forums.
If Rare won't make the job easier for casual players, then it's up to us to use what's obviously there and accessible.