@corvum-mortis
I appreciate you are trying to calm those who want the game to have less of something, but this is a pirate game?
I still think this is more of a sailor game. Pirates did not want to fight. They did strike fear in their enemy in order to reduce the amount of fighting they had to do. Less chance of injury.
I think you listed what you think pirates are.
I enjoy the game as it is, but a pirate most of us are not. (I know a few who never did a voyage to reach pirate legend)
Sailors work for pay. Sailors have lore for the seas. How are we not sailors such as Sinbad?
Be more like Sinbad.