In my opinion i haven't even bought the game but im reading through all these comments and all the dislikes im reading are people complaining how they have nobody to play with so the game is garbage... That's incorrect the point of the game is to play with friends, who's gonna man a big pirate ship by themselves... if you don't have any friends to play with don't buy the game unless you want the hardcore, unforgiving, solo experience cause all the people who play by themselves are saying its too hard and people bombard a lot and no ship usually has 1 person in it who is a friendly person looking for an easy PvE so therefore the game is trash.
So in conclusion dont buy the game if you dont have at least another person to play with and if you are not ready to put a lot of hours into the game.