I think they might also adjust the difficulty depending on the number of players there, like with invasions savvy?

Boarded the QAR yesterday with a crew of 3 other lv 40+'s. One of my lv 45 crewmate used flaming skull on staff and took out 90% of the HP from the lv 50 Jumbees. Whats the point of the Sword of Triton anyway........