Perhaps I have not stumbled upon the answer to my question because I did not search well enough, yet still I think there are many questions here that need to be answered.
How exactly can I set myself apart to become a Legend FIRST! What must I do and or/not do to assure my chance at getting those famous sails with ghosts flying through them?
It has been clarified that they want to give everyone a fair chance or "equal ground", but there will always be things that set us apart.... such as that one person who has insanely positive K/D ratio, or the one who never engages combat but manages to make a big difference in the grand scheme of things. Different play styles should have different rewards, different titles, different levels of punishment or reward in the road to attaining Legendary status.
REAL TALK:
What statistics will the game keep track of?
Player Kills / Deaths?
Enemy Ships sunk / Personal Ships Lost
Will they give credit for ship sinking to everyone in the party or the last person who placed the last hole in their ship?
The moment I learned about"Legendary" status, I promised myself & my friends that I would watch every single video, learn every single navigation/sailing trick and lead them efficiently enough to become famously known as The Unsinkable Captain Dardeus of The Elusive Raven. Not the Deadly, not the Ruthless, but "The Unsinkable".
I have seen firsthand that under the right leadership, the right crew can accomplish amazing things together. The key and essence of teamwork is in the synergy that is created through collaborative efforts. This game is pretty darn good at rewarding those kinds of collaborative efforts , and if you add strong and efficient leadership to the mix - there is nothing you & your crew can't do.
In a scenario where you have a ship going through a storm with 15x Captain Chests, and two galleons on their tail , if you want to survive you gotta work together like pros and trust in each other, trust in the captain, but trust in every single member to do their own part. This is what I am looking forward to most in this game, testing the synergy I can accomplish with my friends, testing my capacity to lead, and doing it in such a way that we never lose our own ship, never lose our loot. Perhaps we don't get too many kills, perhaps we get a cowardly rep... but the kind of legend I want to be at first is one that legit, never loses. In order to do that, I need stats, I need lots of stats. To understand, to learn, and to improve. I'm not asking for the in-depth level of PUBG and other games on the market today, but definitely a few layers...and as of right now, it seems like the only "Competitive Statistic" or unit of measurement we can identify is the amount of Faction Reputation we have accumulated and the clothes that set us apart.
TL/DR: I want to know what statistics this game is going to keep track of, what statistics will be displayed in leaderboards, and which statistics outside of Faction Reputation will lead us to Legend Status. The goal I have... the route I'm thinking of taking is one where I'll be playing the game in such a way that we never lose our ship. Perhaps we keep a high Death to Kills ratio as individual crew members, however the ship never goes down. I want to see that reflected somewhere.
