Me. It wouldn't be a pretty sight and almost impossible to expect to have tons of SOTL (as we know it now) floating around the Caribbean seas, belong to pirates. SOTL reminds me of the nowadays Caribbean Cruiseline to me (the recreational one). I could not picture it being 'bad' as to live up to pirates' personalities. And I agree that there has to be an ultimate challenge on the sea, that would make pirates want to conquer. If we - pirates - were entitled to purchase SOTLs, having a higher level SOTL (belongs to the Navy or EITC or Bounty Hunters) as our challenge but exactly the same 'look'/appearance, would not be appealing to me. Ship appearance needs to be different ... in other words, I agree with Redhorn. I'd rather have a different class of SOTL for us pirates, rather than the same kind of SOTL as we know it now. Or ship customization (that's debatable, and I'd like some limitations on what kind of customization, but I will not discuss it here. I'll do it on a different thread).