There is a way to play privately with only your friends, although unofficial, not supported by Rockstar and only on PC. It’s a little program call ‘RDO Lobby Manager’ and it modifies your game in a way, that you get put on your own server. Your friends need the same program.
Maybe I magically attract those toxic people. Could also be my regular crewmate who plays a female black pirate and gets double the bullshit. I have a few videos with us being called the N-word and screenshots with horrible ship or guild names and Rare barely does anything about it.
I don’t think many, if not most, thieves care about how much their victims have. They’ll just demand a sum and the victims can get fucked for all they care.
One of the best moments I had was with a gun breaking.
I was mowing down enemies with my machine gun and that thing flying apart was just so comedic in its timing
It should work. I was doing a lot of trade and moonshine runs