Is this the PvP people were asking for though? It's not willing PvP, it feels... weird
Everyone I've sunk and robbed so far gets angry and frustrated, saying they were "just trying to do the mission" to get the doubloons and cosmetics. It harkens back to the early Hungering Deep days of people camping Sharkbait Cove to sink people trying to do the voyages. It's combat, and it's PvP, but it's decidedly one sided
The voyages cost doubloons too, so it's not just stealing gold when you stop someone from completing it. And it's not rewarding for them to engage you, since campers have nothing to lose. It's a weird dynamic, and I wonder if it'll turn off just as many people who enjoy it
Arena better be good, because Rare has had a really hard time working rewarding and willing PvP into the game outside of Forts