Well, I don't agree with the quest part, seeing as I'm level 40 with mastered sailing and cutlass, and nearly mastered daggers and guns and have been playing since about 3-4 months after beta, and I'm still on Gunny...
Anywho, yes these late updates have completley pushed up my weapons and Not. levels. I also have been feeling huge amounts of nostalgia and often converse with my guildies about the "Good ol' days" I remember being constantly killed on Kingshead, Of raiding theives den (then quite a challenge) and being horrified of Peridida. Now, not so much. I last went to Isla Perdida to do the Scary Mary quest, and haven't been to Theives Den in as long as I can remember. (At least on Jason) I'm hoping that my new pirate (Named "The Fritz", I kid you not :/) Will at least let me feel a little nostalgia, seeing as Danny boy seems to have lost the spark for me...