The “Prisoner’s Dilemma” shows that two completely rational individuals will not always work together even when it is in their best interest to do so.
http://people.fas.harvard.edu/~ipuri/dilemma.gif
The numbers listed will represent chest earned (more chest the better) per outcome.
Both Player A and Player B will want to maximize their profit. So they believe that the most optimal outcome would be for the other player to cooperate while they themselves defect, ideally leading to the most loot (5).
When in reality, what happens is both players end up defecting resulting in both only coming away with a single chest.
This is going to be put to the test come the launch of SoT, and even more so when it comes to large events like raiding skeleton strongholds. While I believe in the beginning many crews will opt to defect to maximize gains, eventually the SoT community will realize that cooperation between crews is where real profit can be made.
Let me know what you think? Will SoT crews start off divided and eventually come together or not?