https://www.pcgamer.com/sea-of-thieves-devs-working-to-improve-access-issues-player-rewards-and-achievement-delays/

Sea of Thieves has had a busy week. Launched last Tuesday, a surge of players forced Rare to temporarily suspend new faces from joining the pirate sim's servers. A controversial death tax was tabled and subsequently scrapped, and player rewards—a service that grants players gold and reputation when cashing in rewards—haven't surfaced for some players. 

The developer's Joe Neate and Craig Duncan address the latter in their latest developer update: