Is there pirate life after 40?

[mongo]

I've started a 2nd pirate. I am looking at it as a chance to fix what I did wrong with the first pirate.

I am ignoring the Story Quests for a while and just concentrating on weapons and teleport quests. I figure once I get the PDF teleport, I'll start on the story quests again (as it stands I need to recruit Pidgly for the crew and that one is at 2%)

I'm paying a little more attention to keeping the weapons more balanced and also how I assign the skill points.

I won't bother with the improved weapons since at level 15 for each weapon will be the +6 (or the pistol +1) weapon quests. But I will be buying the better pistols along the way for the faster firing rates. And the pouches and belts because those just make life easier.

I will probably change my progression of ships as well, jumping from light frigate to frigate and then into the war fleet (although the cargo capacity is severely lacking).

It's definitely a challenge starting over. The ships are dramatically different and I am finding I need to get the skills a bit sharper (when you can take a broadside you can get sloppy). And deterining what I can and should not fight... let's just say I enjoyed the fact there were was not a groggy penalty until level 10.

He's up to level 11 and has the doll and dagger. Now is the boring, slow crawl to grenades at 20. With brief quests for the teleports to Port Royal and Cuba (and maybe a treasure quest??). And once there I will not neglect them like I did with the first character and tried to work them after everything else.

Now if after the 2nd pirate is finished there's no new content, it might be time to consider stopping the paid account.