I get it.. being boarded and getting all your stuff taken doesn't feel good. Having your boat destroyed for no reason, seems dumb.
But they just want your stuff and maybe you have stuff on your boat.. and they don't want you respawning.. they have to get rid of your boat to permanently get rid of you.. maybe even just to turn their stuff in safely.
I solo sloopsd last night.. I had a great haul I found while doing merchant quests and statues... had two captains, etc.. was only able to unload my merchant quest before a 3man galleon came after me.. i fled on my boat before they got me but they gave chase.
I made a bad play.. and I got boarded.. two on 1... had to respawn a few times before I got on their boat to catch my breath and ladder camp them on their own boat! lol
Alas, the 3rd guy came up behind me a shot me in the back... it was late so I just logged off.
It didn't feel good. I was bummed that I coulda done something different. Even now still thinking that maybe if I woulda started throwing my stuff in the sea they woulda stopped and left me alone.. or at least made it so they didn't get it.
Makes me get better at the game.
They didn't do anything wrong.. I shouldn't of stopped at the outpost until they were gone. They were playing the pirate.. I was the prey.
No reason to come on here to cry about it. I've had times where I got sunk with nothing on board and got respawned on an island that had loot on it!
You just gotta go with the flow man and just realize that other ships are your rivals and they want your loot the easy way for the money.
It is a pirate game after all.