but yeah, It's a cross platform, I can play on my Xbox but you can play it on PC and we can sail together. =) I've heard the controls as a whole are actually easier on the PC keyboard too. lol
and you can have closed crews - meaning only people you invite can join your crew - or open crews where randos can join your team (I usually sail solo if I don't have friends)
you also just have to be okay with assholes on the seas occasionally. Some people are a little toxic, and REALLY SUPER INTO PVP and will kill you even if you have nothing to steal
because while you and your crew can be set as closed - the world can have up to four other ships on the server with you and there's no telling how those people will be as iwth all online games
but like, the last time I played I parked my boat at an outpost to sell my stuff. (and accidentally scraped my boat along the beach tearing a hole in it) So as I'm hoping up to grab my chest, and hoping to the island to sell it my boat is slowly filling with water. starting to sink
I mean three people can run a galleon too in realitySloop - 1-2 people
Brig - 1-3 people
Galleon - 1-4 people