They do seem to want us to be in a crew or guild as opposed to being a loner - which would be okay if I could find one to join!
They few I have joined the capt were lower level and the ship sank - making me wake up in jail time and again - and trying to get a crew for my ship - been trying for 2 days with no luck - maybe more people need to be on - wonder how many phase 2 keys they gave out??