For a while now I hardly have the motivation to get on this game. Every now and then when the mood strikes, I launch it and search for a 4 man crew of randoms since odds are my friends aren't playing it.
It feels like 9 out of 10 crews I find are just idling around either at a starting tavern or out at sea, doing nothing. I don't have the patience or time to waste bothering to wait for a crew to become competent and contribute, so I just keep hopping servers looking for a crew that's actually doing something. I usually just end up eventually getting on a different game.
Edit: I forgot to mention there's obviously LFG and other resources for finding crews. I'm not interested in those, but they're helpful to others for sure.
It's more a commentary on the sad reality of the state of the game. Seems like the majority of players are just dicking about with no motivation to do anything.
Just wondering if this is the typical experience for everyone matchmaking solo.