If you had to make a choice....

[Johnny Darkwalker]

I think trading and new ships are coming

[ukebec]

I respectfully disagree with Captain Del and others. Although I understand what you're saying, I think the game needs the major update of a new story chapter.

There would be a built-in degree of run-here-kill-this-find-that-maroon-them, etc.. That's unavoidable. But a new island/location with previously unseen enemies that must be dealt with in quests leading up to another epic showdown (as recovering the Pearl was) would go a long ways towards keeping pirates occupied for a while. I'm talking something the scale of the original story quest arc, much longer and more involved than Raven's Cove.

[Shock En Awe]

Pirate Trading!!