Honestly this game is fun, the issue is the players, if you are by yourself or on a 2 man crew, there is absolutely no point, you will get destroyed by any decent team, there is too much of them to fight, so If you have nobody to play with, then I don't suggest buying this game, however there is a way to play with random players, the issue with that is you help them with the whole mission, they then will kick you from the lobby before you sell and get no credit for the hours you put in, it could be so much better if they make it where a sloop is faster or something to counter the bigger ships. On top of that there is cheaters on this game with God mode and aimbot, there is even an aimbot hack for cannon shots. Like I said this game is fun if you have a full 3 or 4 man crew but playing by yourself or one friend is pointless. There should be a way to go into a private lobby where you can earn money but maybe no rep for alliances, that way if you want to play by yourself and do some missions you can, if not it's just not worth it, every ship you see come chasing you and when your on a sloop, they will catch you on a bigger ship, you are a sitting duck until it happens. Totally unbalanced.