Rare, you're losing new/returning players because of your own player base.

You've seen the ranting posts before, but my two friends who had set the game down a year ago jumped back in due to my hype over Tall Tales. 3 hrs of gameplay and nothing to show for it. Killed a Meg while on the first tale, some legends show up, take the Meg loot, sink us, yada yada. Both fiends rage quit. I'm not one to play by myself.

Rare, I don't know if you're collecting data on this, but most people who rage quit and never come back probably aren't posting on SoT subreddit. These guys haven't played the game in over a year, and obviously this leaves a bad taste in their mouths.

If the arena mode exists now for combat whores, can the regular adventure mode either have player-player combat as an opt-in, either before joining the server, or via some gadget that allows player ships to accept a "dual"? Peaceful server options? Idk, but there has to be a way to keep a galleon of legends from taking EVERYTHING from newer players who have been playing for hours. Other than "git gud".

Ugh. In the meantime, any crews of 3 that ptfo out there, who haven't completed any tall tales yet, and looking for a 4th? Or general recommendations on finding a crew.