A few things I would like to see edited, changed or added.
Outpost: Should be safe zones. This would prevent outpost robbery which is becoming a big issue. This would also let all pirates have a place to socialize and party.
Brigs: There should be some kind of Brig time limit or amount of times. I think 5 minutes for 3 times in the Brig and your kicked off the ship onto another random ship on the same server so at least you can get revenge with your new shipmates. I would like to see who was the original person request the Brig sentence.
Captains/Ships: I have a real issue when I've been on a ship for many hours busting my a**e and my shipmates leave and I get all new shipmates whom take over my ship. I would like to see some form of first come first serve. Maybe some kind of time tracker per ship. Whom ever has the most time on the ship to have some kind of rights. I think a locked ship is needed also. Where once your the person with most time on the ship you by default become the official Captain with a few ship captain options. Like appear of the ship or mission select and even crew ship lock. It would be nice to lock my ship from receiving unwanted new shipmates. This would help with friends joining ships.
Percentages/Voting: Read above first and it will help understanding this suggestion. Shipmates who have been on the ship longest should have an higher percentage vote count. This will stop a lot of what I suggested about brigs and mutanty.
