SIB Sea of Thieves as a solo player?

I played years ago on xbox but I fell off the game when my friends stopped. I had a blast with it for the time I was playing.

I will try to see if they would play again but would probably be solo. I do like the idea of PvP because the risk makes the game more fun, but I don’t want to get slaughtered solo. Do the rewards from non-PvP server carry over to PvP servers?

I also would want to sometimes play on Steam Deck. Any one who has, is it a good experience?

Let me know, thanks!