Okay..make what you will of this.
I did some more testing of my Basic Pirate. Her Cutlass was primed to be mastered under the limits of a basic account.
I noticed while looking over my pics, that I was getting Rep when I defeated the enemy but then a message would show up to indicate that the points were taken away. It appears as ( - # basic access).
*number varies due to rep points earned
I ruled out earning points off of gold drops, because the numbers just didn't fit.
I used only my cutlass for all my attacks.
Mastered Cutlass Level 7
Mastering my cutlass put my notoriety at Level 6 -- 1267/1300
Treasure Drop: Turquoise Bangle
Notoriety Increase to Level 7!
Treasure Drop: Compass
Treasure Drop: Onyx Pendant -- with 25 Note bonus
See in upper left corner
Treasure Drop: Protection Charm -- with 25 point Note bonus
I forgot to get starting shots of my Treasure Chests before I started in, but you can see that I have gained treasure from the drops even tho' I have a mastered cutlass.
Valuables in my Treasure Chest: 7
Valuables after Treasure Drops: 8
Odds and Ends: 3
Odds and Ends after Treasure Drops: 4
Begining Notoriety: 1267/1300
Ending Notoriety: 67/1600
Gained 100 pts of notoriety since Mastering the Cutlass
I initially thought points might be given by value of the treasure, but it looks as tho' you receive 25 points of notoriety for every treasure drop regardless of value.
I might need to test this more to see if you get 25 pts on even a rare treasure drop, but in anycase you do receive Notoriety points off of treasure drops. If anyone wonders if all this information is current and up to date...look in the lower right hand corner. Each shot is date and time stamped.