The Pirate Lord had been way too kind to us and we knew our luck was coming to an end.
For the last 4 hours we had been terrorizing our server flying the flag of the Reapers Bones emissary on our little sloop. All ships were attacked on site and we sunk every last one of them. Even the ships asking for an alliance, we sunk them and stole their goods. Our strategy was always to launch one of us on their ship, drop the anchor and unleash the cannons.
Towards the end of our adventure we had probably 30+ items on our little sloop and we could feel the tide turning out of favor...and it sure did. Not but a couple minutes after starting our path to Reapers Hideout did we spot a level 1 Reaper in a Brig.
Welp, they caught up to our sloop, launched a crew, dropped our anchor, unleashed their cannons and took it all.
Totally worth every hour.