Sea of Thieves will let you set your crew to private

In an upcoming and hugely welcome change, Sea of Thieves will soon let you choose whether your crew is publicly joinable or private.

Currently, there's no way to stop other people being matchmade with you if you have an open space in crew - for example, if you're starting the game in a four-person galleon but only three of your party are currently online.

There's no way of holding a crew space open for a friend who's joining a little later, which is leading to matchmade players who join you getting immediately told to leave - usually, by being voted into your ship's brig.

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