Super rough concept but wanted to see if I could come up with an idea for a new Main Menu. I do really enjoy the minimalistic approach Rare took when designing the release version but it currently lacks options for Join-in-progress on a friends crew ship.
With this re-design, I wanted to keep the option for a player to start their own Gally or Sloop. To do so they will click the little or big ship icons. Users on your friends list will show up as ships circling around their respective shiptype and when hovering over the ship it will display how many slots are available in the crew. A lock will also hover around the corner of the pop-up dialogue to signify whether or not the party is set to invite only.
What do you think so far?
older version - https://i.imgur.com/V2z78Mu.png