Well, I guess I should articulate _what_ could be done to help this situation.
First, pirate ships should not be allowed in civilized ports. I don't know
what "role-playing rationale" there is for the most notorious pirate ships to
be idling in civilized ports for 12 hrs... Without a HUGE bribe and camoflauge
and a protective navy, I doubt such could be possible. Pirate ships should be
forbidden to be parked at civilized ports and within a radius of them.

Second, players should be able to sacrifce to neptune to crush pirate ships
who attack them! And there should be no god for pirates, since they are
heathens. You should also be able to "buy mission" on pirate ships, so other
pirates must sink them for gold (i.e. Privateeering), there are many ideas
which could balance this game some

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