i sailed alot, when one ship gives 100+ rep u lvl faster then you'd think, and i never used Jacks brew but if u have it it makes u lvl like crazy.
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Megatatortot
An easy way to get rep is looting at si, (south idol) or gr (gold room) or going to port royal and going into smitty's jewel shop and getting the quest from Sarah or whatever her name is returning to smitty and then dropping the quest and repeating that. Hope I helped! -Megatatortot❥