Once you reset the world for the first time, you unlock online auto-progression through the areas. As long as you have enough DPS, the game will change areas for you. It's available under the in game options menu or you can press G on your keyboard.
wtf, on the start it's clear that the game makes me want to say that pirates are bad, but the prologue you play as a pirate against the bad guys (federation)! I don't really get what you're trying to do, dev.
Once you reset the world for the first time, you unlock online auto-progression through the areas. As long as you have enough DPS, the game will change areas for you. It's available under the in game options menu or you can press G on your keyboard.