Level cap raise?

[Dr. Zeppers]

True, content is a major issue, but the progression of the pirates is part of that new content.

Have you ever reached level 40 with a pirate before finishing the quest?
I have.

It makes the questing (ie new content) very boring as your doing it just to finish the quest, with no rewards along the line.
Pirates do nothing for nothing.

[CaptainGreenGene]

Again, I have mastered without doing a single step of the Pearl Quest, I have mastered after doing the Pearl quest first. I have mastered several times with variations of each. In truth, there is no challenge here for me and most advanced players any more period and its almost all boring. The fact is, doing "new" content would not be boring. If there was new content it would be fantastic. Every time a new quest came out I was very happy to see new challenges and to say there is no reward in completing everything is a falsehood. Gaining reps for the sake of reps and nothing else is a great waste of time. Watching your notoriety tick up might be fun if you get your kicks earning bragging rights but that will not bring in new players and it will ruin the game. I know it might be tough to remember back when you first did the Pearl quest and how much fun it was to do your FIRST Boss Battle. I would like to get that kind of fun back into this game. That's where Disney need to put their efforts and not let the Notoriety thing define this game like it does some others.